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4 October 2023 DISTRIBUTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM FREE-LIVING SOUTH AMERICAN COATI (NASUA NASUA) IN AN URBAN PARK IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
Jordana Almeida Santana, Isabela Pádua Zanon, Rafaela Jorge Sarsur Ribeirode Freitas, Flávia Mello Viegas, Bruna Hermine de Campos, Gustavo Canesso Bicalho, Lara Ribeiro de Almeida, Nadja Simbera Hemetrio, Marcelo Pires Nogueira de Carvalho, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva
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Abstract

The scientific information regarding staphylococci in procyonids is scarce. Hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency, distribution, and pattern of antimicrobial resistance of staphylococcal species isolated from free-roaming coatis (Nasua nasua) in an urban park in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Rectal swabs from 55 free-living coatis were plated onto mannitol salt agar for isolating staphylococci, and species were identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of nuc, and sequencing of 16S rRNA and rpoB when needed. Antimicrobial susceptibility was investigated using the disk diffusion method, and the presence of the mecA gene was investigated by PCR. A total of 72.7% of the animals tested positive for staphylococci. Nine different species were identified, and Staphylococcus intermedius (60.4%) and S. delphini (20.9%) were the most frequently isolated species. Most of the isolates were susceptible to most of the antimicrobials evaluated, with a resistance pattern seen for penicillin (13.9%). One isolate was multidrug-resistant (MDR). The present study suggests that coatis are natural hosts of S. intermedius and S. delphini and, despite living in a heavily anthropized environment, the Staphylococcus spp. isolates showed a low incidence of drug resistance.

Jordana Almeida Santana, Isabela Pádua Zanon, Rafaela Jorge Sarsur Ribeirode Freitas, Flávia Mello Viegas, Bruna Hermine de Campos, Gustavo Canesso Bicalho, Lara Ribeiro de Almeida, Nadja Simbera Hemetrio, Marcelo Pires Nogueira de Carvalho, and Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva "DISTRIBUTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF STAPHYLOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM FREE-LIVING SOUTH AMERICAN COATI (NASUA NASUA) IN AN URBAN PARK IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 54(3), 578-583, (4 October 2023). https://doi.org/10.1638/2022-0123
Accepted: 10 April 2023; Published: 4 October 2023
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