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Bacteria profile and antibiogram of the bacteria isolated from the exposed pulp of dog canine teeth
Author(s) -
Almansa Ruiz José Carlos,
Jonker Annelize,
Bosman AnnaMari,
Steenkamp Gerhard
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.104540
Subject(s) - enrofloxacin , gentamicin , aerobic bacteria , anaerobic bacteria , biology , veterinary medicine , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , antibiotics , medicine , ciprofloxacin , genetics
Twenty‐seven microbiological samples were taken from root canals (RC) of the canine teeth of 20 dogs where the pulps were non‐vital and exposed due to complicated crown fractures. These pulps were cultured for aerobic/anaerobic bacteria. Antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates was determined using the Kirby‐Bauer diffusion test. A total of 49 cultivable isolates, belonging to 27 different microbial species and 18 different genera, were recovered from the 27 RCs sampled. Twenty (40.81 per cent) of the cultivable isolates were Gram positive while 29 (59.19 per cent) were Gram negative. Facultative anaerobes were the most common bacteria (77.56 per cent). Aerobic isolates represented 18.36 per cent, and strict anaerobes 4.08 per cent. The antimicrobials with the highest in vitro efficacy were gentamicin (100 per cent) and enrofloxacin (93.32 per cent).