Abstract
ABSTRACT
A total number of 149 Actinobacillus strains isolated from clinical samples (73 strains) and from the oral cavity of healthy horses (76 strains) were tested for their susceptibility to 17 antimicrobial substances. The antibiograms were generally very similar between the various strains and no differences could be clearly correlated to either phenotype or source of isolates. However, when tested against penicillin, ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfa, and streptomycin, small groups of strains with what appeared to be acquired resistance could be identified. Eight of the penicillin-resistant strains were found to produce β-lactamase. The β-lactamases appeared to be bound tightly to the cell wall, thereby frustrating further characterization by isoelectric focusing. Plasmids of approximately 3 kb were found in four out of seven β-lactamase-producing strains submitted to plasmid analysis.
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