Abstract
Antimicrobial susceptibility to faropenem (FRPM), an orally-active β- lactam antibiotic, was examined using clinical isolates from dogs and cats admitted to Miyamoto Animal Hospital in Yamaguchi City during the period of one year. All strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida and metallo -β- lactamase- producing Acinetobacter spp. were resistant to FRPM, and 33 % of Corynebacterium spp. strains and 80 % of Enterococcus faecium strains were also resistant to FRPM. On the other hand, all strains of methycillin-susceptible Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus spp., Enterobacteriaceae including extended-spectrum β-lactamase- producing bacteria, other Pseudomonas spp., metallo-β-lactamase- nonproducing Acinetobacter spp. and Pasteurella multocida were susceptible to FRPM.
