Table 6

In vitro susceptibility of 43 strains of Enterococcus sp. 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
0.5
4
0.12–> 8
≥ 16
7.0
7.0
Ampicillin
0.5
4
≤ 0.12–16
≥ 16
2.3
2.3
Gentamicin
≤ 1
4
≤ 1–4
≥ 16
0.0
0.0
Erythromycin
≤ 0.5
≤ 0.5
≤ 0.5–4
≥ 8
4.6
4.6
Oxitetracycline
2
2
≤ 0.25–2
≥ 16
0.0
2.0 56
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethox.
> 8
> 8
1–> 8
≥ 4
97.7
....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.

5No 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