Prevalence and Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility of Acinetobacter spp. in Dogs and Cats

Abstract

Twenty-seven strains of Acinetobacter lwoffii, fourteen strains of A. baumannii, and five strains of other Acinetobacter spp. were isolated from dogs and cats admitted to Miyamoto Animal Hospital from 2006 to 2013. Of the A. lwoffii, 11.1% was resistant to cefepime, 7.4% was resistant to aminoglycosides, 14.8% was resistant to fluoroquinolones, and 11.1% was resistant to imipenem. Although 7.1% of the A. baumannii was resistant to gentamicin and 21.4% was resistant to fluoroquinolones, no strains resistant to cefepime and imipenem were found. The antimicrobial-resistant Acinetobacter spp. were also isolated in the dogs and cats, and it was considered that the attention was necessary due to the trend of the emergence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.