Moon Dong Chan, Choi Ji-Hyun, Boby Naila, Kim Su-Jeong, Song Hyun-Ju, Park Ho-Sung, Gil Min-Chan, Yoon Soon-Seek, Lim Suk-Kyung
Bacterial Disease Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177 Hyeksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea.
Division of Antimicrobial Resistance, National Institute of Health, Osong Health Technology Administration Complex, 187 Osong-eup, Cheongju 28159, Korea.
Pathogens. 2022 Mar 7;11(3):324. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11030324.
Bacterial infections are a significant cause of illness and death in different animals. However, these bacterial infections could be a source of human disease or illness if these pathogenic bacteria are present in companion animals. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria associated with different site infections in cats in the Republic of Korea. For this purpose, samples were collected from the skin/ear, urine, respiratory, and diarrheal stool origins of cats obtained between 2018 and 2019 from seven different laboratories and centers participating in the Korean Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System. These samples were subjected to analysis for the identification and isolation of associated bacterial species using a bacterial culture approach. A total of 609 isolates were identified in four different cat samples. Among them, 267, 184, 57, and 101 were extracted from diarrheal stool, skin, urine, and respiratory samples, respectively. The findings of this study showed that was the most prevalent species among isolated bacterial species of diarrheal stool and urine origin. and were most prevalent in the skin and respiratory tract, respectively. However, there was no significant difference in bacterial distribution among the different age groups in all samples. This is the first nationwide surveillance report that associates bacterial prevalence with their site of origin and helps in the prevention of bacterial infections in cats. Moreover, the pattern of bacterial prevalence could provide sufficient guidance for the selection of empirical antimicrobial therapy against infections in cats.
细菌感染是不同动物患病和死亡的重要原因。然而，如果这些致病细菌存在于伴侣动物中，那么这些细菌感染可能会成为人类疾病的来源。本研究旨在调查韩国猫不同部位感染相关病原菌的流行情况。为此，从2018年至2019年期间参与韩国兽医抗菌药物耐药性监测系统的七个不同实验室和中心获取的猫的皮肤/耳部、尿液、呼吸道和腹泻粪便样本中进行采集。使用细菌培养方法对这些样本进行分析，以鉴定和分离相关细菌种类。在四种不同的猫样本中总共鉴定出609株分离菌。其中，分别从腹泻粪便、皮肤、尿液和呼吸道样本中提取出267株、184株、57株和101株。本研究结果表明，在腹泻粪便和尿液来源的分离细菌种类中，[具体菌种]是最普遍的菌种。[具体菌种]和[具体菌种]分别在皮肤和呼吸道中最为普遍。然而，在所有样本的不同年龄组之间细菌分布没有显著差异。这是第一份将细菌流行情况与其来源部位相关联的全国性监测报告，有助于预防猫的细菌感染。此外，细菌流行模式可为选择针对猫感染的经验性抗菌治疗提供充分指导。
