
   @article{article_412393, title={Bacterial and Fungal Species Isolated From Dogs With Otitis Externa}, journal={Kocatepe Veterinary Journal}, volume={11}, pages={260–265}, year={2018}, DOI={10.30607/kvj.412393}, author={Diren Sığırcı, Belgi and Başaran Kahraman, Beren and Çelik, Baran and Metiner, Kemal and İkiz, Serkan and Bağcıgil, A. Funda and Özgür, N. Yakut and Ak, Seyyal}, keywords={Infectious otitis externa,Dog,Culture,Antimicrobial susceptibility,Microorganism}, abstract={&amp;lt;p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;This study was
conducted to detect the distribution of bacterial and mycotic agents and the
antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from dogs with infective
otitis externa for an 11-year period. Samples, collected from the external ear
canal of 475 dogs, were analysed by conventional bacteriological and
mycological methods between the years of 2005 and 2016. Antimicrobial
susceptibility of the isolates was determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion
method. Bacterial growth was observed in 328 of 475 swab samples collected from
the dogs. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;Of
434 isolated bacteria, 281 isolates (64.7%) were Gram-positive cocci, 151
isolates (34.8%) were Gram-negative rods and 2 isolates (0.5%) were
Gram-positive rods. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;The most frequently isolated microorganisms was &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Staphylococcus intermedius &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; (18.7 %),
followed by &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Pseudomonas aeruginosa &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;
(12.9%), &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Escherichia coli &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; (7.1%) &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Proteus mirabilis &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; (6.7 %) &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Micrococcus &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; spp (4.1%) and &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Streptococcus canis ( &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;2.5 %). Mycological
growth was also observed from 213 of 475 matching swabs. The results showed
that the need for bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests for
appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Mycological culture should also be performed
in infectious otitis externa cases of dogs. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;}, number={3}, publisher={Afyon Kocatepe University}