Table 9 The most prevalent resistance profile per antimicrobial category found in Enterococcus spp. isolated in this study based on CLSI human clinical breakpoint data
No. antimicrobial category | No. of isolates (%) | Resistance pattern (no. of isolates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
stray cats (n = 57) | hospital-admitted cats (n = 149) | veterinary staff (n = 20) | ||
All susceptible | 63 (27.9) | 13 | 43 | 7 |
1 | 50 (22.1) | TET (8) | TET (23) | TET (6) |
2 | 47 (20.8) | MAC-TET (10) | MAC-TET (16) | MAC-TET (3) |
3 | 31 (13.7) | MAC-PNC-TET (5) | MAC-PNC-TET (8) | – |
4 | 14 (6.2) | STM-MAC-PNC-TET (2) | AMG-MAC-PNC-TET (4) | AMG-MAC-PNC-TET (1) |
5 | 12 (5.3) | AMG-BLA-FQN-MAC-TET (2) | AMG-BLA-FQN-MAC-TET (7) | – |
6 | 6 (2.6) | AMG-STM-BLA-FQN-MAC-TET (2) | AMG-STM-BLA-FQN-MAC-TET (2) | – |
7 | 3 | – | AMG-STM-BLA-FQN-MAC-PNC-TET (3) | – |
Non-MDR | 160 (70.8) | 39 (68.4a) | 102 (68.5a) | 19 (95.0a) |
MDR | 66 (29.2) | 18 (31.6a) | 47 (31.5a) | 1 (5.0a) |