Table 5

In vitro susceptibility of 33 strains of Streptococcus uberis obtained from clinical and sub-clinical bovine mastitis cases from the West Littoral Region of Uruguay.


MIC1 (μg/ml)
% Resistance



Antimicrobial Agent
MIC502
MIC903
Range
Breakpoint
VETMIC
Agar disk diffusion test

Penicillin
≤ 0.06
0.12
≤ 0.06–0.12
≥ 4
0.0
0.0
Ampicillin
≤ 0.12
0.25
≤ 0.12–0.25
≥ 8
0.0
0.0
Cephalotin
≤ 4
≤ 4
≤ 4
≥ 32
0.0
0.0
Gentamicin
16
> 16
≤ 1–> 16
≥ 16
88.0
83.0 5
Erythromycin
≤ 0.25
≤ 0.25
≤ 0.25
≥ 1
0.0
0.0
Oxitetracycline
≤ 0.25
0.5
≤ 0.25–64
≥ 8
0.0
0.0 6
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethox.
0.12
0.25
≤ 0.06–0.5
≥ 4
0.0
....4....

1 Minimum inhibitory concentration. 2 Lowest concentration inhibiting 50% of the isolated tested.

3 Lowest concentration inhibiting 90% of the isolated tested. 4 Test not performed.

5 No significant differences between methods. 6 Tetracycline disk were used to perform agar disks diffusion.

Gianneechini et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2002 43:31   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-43-31

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