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Table 3 Distribution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from healthy and infected dogs

From: Antimicrobial resistance and novel mutations detected in the gyrA and parC genes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from companion dogs

Antimicrobial agents

MIC (μg/mL)

No. (%) resistant strains

p-value

Range

Breakpoint

Healthy group (n = 38)

Infected group (n = 46)

Nalidixic acid

0.05–256

≥32

38 (100.0)

46 (100.0)

n/a

Ciprofloxacin

0.015–32

≥4

4 (10.5)

7 (15.2)

0.747

Levofloxacin

0.015–32

≥8

5 (13.2)

7 (15.2)

0.700

Enrofloxacin

0.03–16

≥4

6 (15.8)

17 (35.4)

0.031 a

Marbofloxacin

0.03–16

≥4

5 (13.2)

12 (26.1)

0.142

  1. a Statistically significant (p < 0.05)