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Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Bacteria Isolated within the Oral Flora of Florida Blacktip Sharks: Guidance for Empiric Antibiotic Therapy
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 8, p e104577 (2014), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
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Abstract
- Sharks possess a variety of pathogenic bacteria in their oral cavity that may potentially be transferred into humans during a bite. The aim of the presented study focused on the identification of the bacteria present in the mouths of live blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, and the extent that these bacteria possess multi-drug resistance. Swabs were taken from the oral cavity of nineteen live blacktip sharks, which were subsequently released. The average fork length was 146 cm (±11), suggesting the blacktip sharks were mature adults at least 8 years old. All swabs underwent standard microbiological work-up with identification of organisms and reporting of antibiotic susceptibilities using an automated microbiology system. The oral samples revealed an average of 2.72 (±1.4) bacterial isolates per shark. Gram-negative bacteria, making up 61% of all bacterial isolates, were significantly (p
- Subjects :
- Bacterial Diseases
Epidemiology
Veterinary Microbiology
Antibiotics
lcsh:Medicine
Wildlife
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
Blacktip shark
Medicine and Health Sciences
lcsh:Science
Molecular Epidemiology
Multidisciplinary
biology
Sulfamethoxazole
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Pathogens
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Florida
Research Article
medicine.drug
Clinical Pathology
Fish Biology
medicine.drug_class
Animal Types
Gram-positive bacteria
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance
Diagnostic Medicine
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
medicine
Animals
Microbial Pathogens
Mouth
Bacteria
Soft Tissue Infections
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Bacteriology
Pathogenic bacteria
Bacteria Present
biology.organism_classification
Trimethoprim
Clinical Microbiology
Sharks
Veterinary Science
lcsh:Q
Zoology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa12496c4967acbcaf0eb8c8400280e9
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104577