几种动物病原菌对替米考星耐药性的体外诱导

在测定替米考星对鸡毒支原体、多杀巴氏杆菌和猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌的最小抑菌浓度基础上,采用药物浓度递增法体外诱导3种病原菌对替米考星的耐药性。结果鸡毒支原体经9次传代对替米考星产生了高水平耐药,多杀巴氏杆菌经7~9次传代对替米考星产生了高水平耐药,猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌经14次传代对替米考星的耐受浓度未发生明显变化;鸡毒支原体和多杀巴氏杆菌替米考星诱导耐药株对红霉素、阿奇霉素、泰乐菌素、吉他霉素和林可霉素表现交叉耐药。研究结果提示,替米考星较易诱导鸡毒支原体和多杀巴氏杆菌产生耐药性,兽医临床应合理应用。     

3种禽源支原体替米考星耐药株的体外诱导及23SrRNA基因V域碱基突变分析

作者拟探讨禽源支原体对替米考星耐药的分子机制.体外诱导得到鸡毒支原体(R株、PG31株和S6株)、鸡滑液支原体、衣阿华支原体的替米考星耐药株;PCR扩增原始敏感株和诱导耐药株的23S rRNA基因V域,测序分析耐药相关碱基突变情况.结果鸡毒支原体R株、PG31株、S6株、鸡滑液支原体、衣阿华支原体分别通过9代、8代、6代、14代、9代诱导获得替米考星耐药(≥128 μg·mL-1)株;3种禽源支原体替米考星诱导耐药株均对大环内酯类药物表现交叉耐药,23S rRNA基因发生A2503T突变的诱导耐药株对截短侧耳素类、氯霉素类药物的敏感性明显降低.诱导获得的替米考星耐药鸡毒支原体R株发生了A2058G和A2503T突变,PG31株发生了A2058G和A2059G突变,S6株发生了A2058G和A2503T突变;而诱导获得的替米考星耐药鸡滑液支原体发生了G2162A突变,衣阿华支原体发生了A2059C突变.本研究表明鸡毒支原体和衣阿华支原体在体外较易经替米考星诱导产生耐药性,而鸡滑液支原体相对较难.菌株23S rRNA基因V域2 058、2 059、2 503位点的碱基突变与替米考星耐药表型有密切关系.     

替米考星对鸡败血支原体的体外抑菌试验

以试管两倍稀释法测得替米考星及对照药物强力霉素、红霉素和泰乐菌素对鸡败血支原体的体外最小抑菌浓度(MIC)分别为0.006 25 mg/L0、.025 mg/L0、.1 mg/L、0.025mg/L。     

猪链球菌2型多重耐药菌株的人工诱导

采用6种常用抗菌药物对临床分离的38株猪链球菌2型进行敏感性检测,从中选择3株对红霉素和环丙沙星敏感的菌株,采用体外递增药物浓度的方法分别诱导成对红霉素和环丙沙星耐药的菌株,按临床检验标准委员会(CLSI)推荐的方法测定了红霉素和环丙沙星对同一亲本的敏感株和诱导耐药株的体外最小抑菌浓度(MIC),并测定在外排泵抑制剂利血平存在的情况下敏感株和诱导耐药株的MIC变化情况。微量稀释法测定的MIC结果显示:在所选的6种抗生素中,氟苯尼考和氨苄西林对临床分离的38株猪链球菌的作用最好,抑菌率都为100%,红霉素及环丙沙星有一定作用,耐药率分别达39.5%(15/38)和28.9%(11/38),而磺胺间甲氧嘧啶、四环素的抑菌效果最差,耐药率达100%。浓度递增法成功诱导了猪链球菌2型菌株对红霉素和环丙沙星耐药性,其MIC值分别由0.001 8 mg/L上升至128 mg/L。在外排泵抑制剂利血平存在的情况下,抗菌药物对部分猪链球菌2型菌株的MIC值下降。结果提示:逐步增加药物浓度可以诱导猪链球菌2型菌株对红霉素和环丙沙星的耐药性,而且猪链球菌2型菌株耐药性的产生可能与耐药性相关的主动外排机制有关。     

大环内酯类抗生素对畜禽病原菌体外抗菌敏感性试验研究

针对兽医临床的细菌耐药现象,为指导临床合理用药,采用微量肉汤稀释法研究了三代大环内酯类抗生素泰乐菌素、替米考星和泰地罗新对兽医临床常见的15种共74株病原菌的体外抑菌效果。结果显示:对于革兰阳性菌,泰乐菌素和替米考星对乳房炎常见的金黄色葡萄球菌、猪链球菌、无乳链球菌、停乳链球菌均有较强的抑菌活性,优于泰地罗新;泰地罗新对肺炎链球菌抑菌效果较强。对于革兰阴性菌,如支气管败血波氏杆菌、溶血性曼氏杆菌、胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、副猪嗜血杆菌等致病菌,替米考星的抑菌效果比泰乐菌素强1～64倍,泰地罗新比替米考星强2～32倍。对引起肠道感染的大肠杆菌,泰地罗新亦表现出很好的抑菌活性,效果优于泰乐菌素和替米考星。本试验为畜禽细菌性疾病的防控以及大环内酯类抗菌药物的合理使用提供了基础数据。     

国外奶牛场牛支原体体外药敏试验报告

从比利时、德国和意大利3个国家的奶牛场的牛奶样品中分离了73份牛支原体样本,进行体外药敏试验。通过肉汤稀释法对红霉素、螺旋霉素、替米考星、泰乐菌素、林可霉素、恩诺沙星、强力霉素、土霉素、氟苯尼考和泰妙菌素等抗菌药物的最小抑菌浓度(MIC)进行检测。结果表明,比利时、德国和意大利3个国家分离的牛支原体对大环内酯类药物耐药性严重。而泰妙菌素和强力霉素等不能在奶牛上使用的抗菌药物,耐药性极小。     

恩诺沙星伍用替米考星对鸡慢呼病疗效试验

鸡毒支原体病又称鸡慢性呼吸道性疾病,该病常和其他疾病混合感染,一旦发病,传播速度快,预防和治疗本病常用的药物为大环内酯类抗生素,其中以新一代泰乐菌素衍生物替米考星的效果较好,但成本高.研究采用替米考星和氟喹诺酮类药物配伍,再添加一定量的增效剂,制成复方制剂,通过体外抑菌质量浓度和适口性来评定复方制剂处方的优劣.结果表明替米考星与恩诺沙星配伍,最小抑菌质量浓度仅为1/mL,不影响饲料适口性且性质稳定,为优化处方.     

鸡毒支原体红霉素和替米考星耐药体外诱导及其23S rRNA基因V域突变特征分析

鸡毒支原体（Mycoplasma gallisepticum，MG）是禽类主要病原菌之一，其感染引起鸡慢性呼吸道病（CRD）和火鸡传染性窦炎。目前预防鸡毒支原体感染仍主要依靠抗菌药物，但长期广泛应用抗菌药物造成鸡毒支原体耐药性不断发展。有调查表明，鸡毒支原体临床株对四环素类、大环内酯类及氟喹诺酮类等抗菌药物已产生了耐药性，造成药物疗效下降甚至失效。由于支原体分离培养困难，国内外对动物源支原体耐药性研究十分有限，至今未见有鸡毒支原体大环内酯类抗生素耐药机制的研究报道。本文以鸡毒支原体S6株为模式菌，研究红霉素和替米考星在体外诱导鸡毒支原体的耐药情况，并分析耐药菌株23S rRNA基因V域的耐药突变特征。     

磷酸替米考星体外抑菌活性检测

采用微量稀释法来测定磷酸替米考星等药物对9种微生物的最小抑菌浓度(MIC),评价其抗菌活性。结果:磷酸替米考星对猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、猪链球菌、副猪嗜血杆菌等临床常见畜禽致病菌均有良好的抗菌活性,MIC均在0.004 9~2.5μg/m L;对猪肺炎支原体与鸡毒支原体的MIC分别为0.004 9 ccu/m L和0.312 5 ccu/m L,表现出显著的抑菌活性。磷酸替米考星与其他抗生素相比,抑菌活性好或相当,与其主要对照药物替米考星相比,具有更好的水溶性。结果显示磷酸替米考星可用于治疗由这些敏感菌所致的疾病。     

加米霉素对牛呼吸道病原菌多杀性巴氏杆菌的体外抑菌活性研究

考察了加米霉素对分离自牛呼吸道疾病的病原菌多杀性巴氏杆菌的体外抑菌活性,以期为临床用药提供依据.试验采用微量稀释法测定了加米霉素和对照药物替米考星对引起牛呼吸道疾病的23株多杀性巴氏杆菌临床分离株的最小抑菌浓度(MIC).结果显示,加米霉素对牛多杀性巴氏杆菌的MIC范围为0.125～4.0μg/ml,MIC90为1.0μg/ml,替米考星对牛多杀性巴氏杆菌的MIC范围为0.5～16μg/ml,MIC90为4.0μg/ml,可见加米霉素对引起牛呼吸道疾病的多杀性巴氏杆菌具有较好的抗菌活性,优于临床治疗牛呼吸道疾病的常用药物替米考星.     

Antimicrobial resistance profile of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum

A total of 83 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and 58 Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum strains collected from slaughtered pigs in Switzerland were screened for susceptibility to 20 antimicrobial agents by MIC determinations. Resistance to sulfamethoxazole, the combination sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, tiamulin, tilmicosin, tetracycline, penicillin and ampicillin were found. A few A. porcitonsillarum isolates displayed decreased susceptibility to enrofloxacin. PCR analysis revealed the presence of the sul2 gene in approximately one-fifth of the sulfonamide-resistant A. pleuropneumoniae and A. porcitonsillarum isolates. The tetracycline-resistant A. pleuropneumoniae harbored tet(B) and tet(H), whereas the tetracycline-resistant A. porcitonsillarum isolates harbored the tet(B) gene. The penicillin and ampicillin-resistant A. pleuropneumoniae and A. porcitonsillarum harbored the bla(ROB-1) gene.     

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolates from clinical outbreaks of porcine respiratory diseases

Limited data regarding the susceptibility of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae to antimicrobials has been published during recent years. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to investigate the distribution of MICs for the isolates of A. pleuropneumoniae from diseased pigs in the Czech Republic between 2007 and 2009. A total of 242 isolates were tested for susceptibility to 16 antimicrobial agents by a broth microdilution method. A low degree of resistance was observed for florfenicol (0.8%), amoxicillin and clavulanic acid (0.8%), tilmicosin (1.2%), tiamulin (1.7%) and ampicillin (3.3%), whereas resistance to tetracycline was detected more frequently, 23.9% of isolates. Interestingly, resistance to florfenicol has not yet been reported in any study investigating antimicrobial resistance of A. pleuropneumoniae. By PCR the presence of the floR gene was confirmed in all florfenicol resistant isolates.     

Antimicrobial resistance of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolated from swine

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance rates and the trend in resistance of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolated from pigs in Italy from 1994 to 2009. A total of 992 A. pleuropneumoniae isolates were tested for their susceptibility to a panel of antimicrobial agents in a disk diffusion method. Resistance to 7 drugs (amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cefquinome, cotrimoxazole, penicillin G and tilmicosin) showed a significant increasing trend over the time, while for 2 drugs (gentamycin and marbofloxacin) a significant decrease was observed. Resistance to the remaining 14 antimicrobial agents tested did not change significantly over the study period. Most of the isolates retained high susceptibility to antimicrobials usually effective against A. pleuropneumoniae such as amphenicols, fluoroquinolones and ceftiofur. However, high rates of resistance were observed for potentiated sulfa drugs, tetracyclines and penicillins which are currently recommended antimicrobials for pig pleuropneumonia therapy. Our results suggest the importance of continued monitoring of A. pleuropneumoniae clinical isolates in order to choose the most appropriate treatment of infections and to control the increase of resistance to currently used antimicrobials.     

Minimal inhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial agents against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Forty-five isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae were tested for susceptibility to 12 antimicrobial agents using a microdilution method for the minimal inhibitory concentration determinations. These results confirmed the high prevalence of A. pleuropneumoniae strains resistant to antibiotics as reported earlier using the disc diffusion method (Kirby-Bauer method). While 36% of the isolates were resistant to the penicillins, 47% were resistant to chloramphenicol and 68% were resistant to tetracycline. Minimal inhibitory concentrations for the resistant isolates were approximately 32 times higher than those for the susceptible isolates to the above antibacterial agents. The isolates were in general weakly susceptible or resistant to spectinomycin, lincomycin, tiamulin and spiramycin whereas most of them were susceptible to gentamicin, trimethoprim and erythromycin. The susceptibility pattern was similar throughout the 1980 to 1984 period. The 14 serotype 5 isolates were more resistant to tetracycline but less resistant to chloramphenicol and the penicillins than the 28 serotype 1 isolates.     

Assessment of the efficacy of tilmicosin phosphate to eliminate Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae from carrier pigs

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of in-feed medication with tilmicosin phosphate in order to eliminate or reduce the carriage of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in the tonsils of carrier pigs. Two groups of 6 carrier animals received either a non-medicated feed (control group) or feed medicated with 400 ppm of tilmicosin phosphate (treated group) for 30 d. Three sentinel pigs were then introduced in each group and left for 29 d. The presence of A. pleuropneumoniae in tonsils was monitored using several techniques, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR). At the end of the treatment all of the control animals, but only 1 treated pig, were positive by PCR from tonsillar surface material. However, at necropsy, all control and most treated animals, as well as 1 sentinel animal, in both groups were positive by PCR from whole tonsils. In conclusion, under the experimental conditions, in-feed treatment with 400 ppm of tilmicosin phosphate significantly reduced the presence of A. pleuropneumoniae on the surface of tonsils but was unable to completely eliminate the organism from deeper tonsillar tissues and to prevent bacterial shedding by carrier animals.     

Biofilm formation is prevalent among field isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

A total of 77 field isolates and 15 reference strains of the porcine respiratory pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae were tested for their ability to form biofilms in a polystyrene microtiter plate assay. More than half of all field isolates, which included strains representing serotypes 1, 5 and 7, but only two reference strains (serotypes 5B and 11) exhibited biofilm formation. Strains that formed biofilms in microtiter plates also formed thick biofilms at the air-liquid interface when cultured in glass tubes with agitation. The biofilm formation phenotype was maintained indefinitely when cultures were passaged on agar but was lost after one or two passages in broth. Our findings indicate that biofilm formation is a prevalent phenotype among A. pleuropneumoniae field isolates, and that this phenotype may have been previously overlooked because of its tendency to be lost upon subculturing in broth. Biofilm formation may have relevance to the colonization, pathogenesis and transmission of this bacterium.     

Effect of tilmicosin on chemotactic, phagocytic, and bactericidal activities of bovine and porcine alveolar macrophages

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate chemotactic, phagocytic, and bactericidal activities of bovine and porcine alveolar macrophages (AM) exposed to tilmicosin. ANIMALS: 12 healthy calves and 12 healthy pigs. PROCEDURES: Lungs were obtained immediately after euthanasia; AM were collected by means of bronchoalveolar lavage and density gradient centrifugation. Chemotactic activity was evaluated by exposing AM to lipopolysaccharide or macrophage inhibitory peptide during incubation with tilmicosin. Phagocytic activity was evaluated by incubating AM with tilmicosin for 24 hours and then with tilmicosin-resistant Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. Bactericidal activity was evaluated by incubating AM with tilmicosin (0, 10, or 20 microg/ml for bovine AM; 0 or 10 microg/ml or 10 microg/ml but washed free of tilmicosin for porcine AM) and then with Mannheimia haemolytica (bovine AM) or with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae or Pasteurella multocida (porcine AM). RESULTS: Tilmicosin had no significant effects on chemotactic or phagocytic activities of bovine or porcine AM. The time-course of bactericidal activity was best described by polynomial equations. Time to cessation of bacterial growth and area under the time versus bacterial number curve were significantly affected by incubation of AM with tilmicosin. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results show that bactericidal activity of bovine and porcine AM was enhanced by tilmicosin, but not in proportion to the reported ability of AM to concentrate tilmicosin intracellularly. With or without exposure to tilmicosin, the time-course of bactericidal activity of bovine AM against M haemolytica and of porcine AM against A pleuropneumoniae or P multocida was too complex to be reduced to a simple linear equation.     

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Haemophilus parasuis from pigs in the United Kingdom and Spain

A total of 30 British and 30 Spanish Haemophilus parasuis isolates were tested for their susceptibility to 19 of the antimicrobials currently used in swine practice with a broth microdilution method in order to know the emergence of resistance against these compounds in this porcine pathogen. All the British isolates were susceptible to penicillin, ceftiofur, erythromycin, tilmicosin, enrofloxacin, and florfenicol, and most of them were susceptible to the remaining antimicrobials (the highest resistance rate found was of 20% to neomycin). In contrast, all the Spanish isolates were susceptible exclusively to florfenicol, and high proportions of resistance were encountered for penicillin, ampicillin, oxytetracycline, erythromycin, tilmicosin, tiamulin and trimethoprim+sulphamethoxazole; in addition, a bimodal or multimodal distribution, or tailing of Spanish isolates over the MIC range was observed for clindamycin, sulphonamides and tylosine tartrate, suggesting the development of acquired resistance. In addition, several multiresistance patterns were found among the Spanish isolates, 23.3% of them being resistant to at least eight antimicrobials, the same rate as that encountered for those being susceptible to all antimicrobials tested. This study showed that in general British H. parasuis isolates are susceptible to antimicrobial agents routinely used for treatment of porcine respiratory diseases; however, the Spanish isolates need a more continuous surveillance of their susceptibility patterns.     

Effects of oral administration of tilmicosin on pulmonary inflammation in piglets experimentally infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of oral administration of tilmicosin in piglets experimentally infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. ANIMALS: Forty 3-week-old specific-pathogen free piglets. PROCEDURES: Piglets were assigned to 1 of 4 groups as follows: 1) uninfected sham-treated control piglets; 2) infected untreated piglets that were intratracheally inoculated with 10(7) CFUs of A pleuropneumoniae; 3) infected treated piglets that were intratracheally inoculated with A pleuropneumoniae and received tilmicosin in feed (400 ppm [microg/g]) for 7 days prior to inoculation; or 4) infected treated piglets that were intratracheally inoculated with A pleuropneumoniae and received chlortetracycline (CTC) in feed (1100 ppm [microg/gl) for 7 days prior to inoculation. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and lung tissue specimens of piglets for each group were evaluated at 3 or 24 hours after inoculation. For each time point, 4 to 6 piglets/group were studied. RESULTS: Feeding of CTC and tilmicosin decreased bacterial load in lungs of infected piglets. Tilmicosin delivered in feed, but not CTC, enhanced apoptosis in porcine BAL fluid leukocytes. This was associated with a decrease in LTB4 concentrations in BAL fluid of tilmicosin-treated piglets, compared with untreated and CTC-treated piglets, and also with a significant decrease in the number of pulmonary lesions. Tilmicosin inhibited infection-induced increases in rectal temperatures, as measured in untreated and CTC-treated piglets. Pulmonary neutrophil infiltration and prostaglandin E2 concentrations in the BAL fluid were not significantly different among groups at any time. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Oral administration of tilmicosin to infected piglets induces apoptosis in BAL fluid leukocytes and decreases BAL fluid LTB4 concentrations and inflammatory lung lesions.     

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus parasuis and Histophilus somni from pigs and cattle in Denmark

A total of 52 Haemophilus parasuis and 80 Histophilus somni isolates were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility by MIC-determinations. None of the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, ceftiofur, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, florphenicol, penicillin, spectinomycin, tetracycline, tiamulin, or tilmicosin. Two H. parasuis isolates were resistant to trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole. Six H. parasuis isolates had reduced susceptibility (0.06-0.5 microg/ml) to ciprofloxacin and 10 reduced susceptibility to TMP + sulfamethoxazole (1-2 microg/ml). This study showed that Danish isolates of H. parasuis and H. somni in general are fully susceptible to antimicrobial agents currently used for treatment of infections with these pathogens.