@article{article_756567, title={Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus canis from dogs}, journal={Etlik Veteriner Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi}, volume={32}, pages={6–13}, year={2021}, DOI={10.35864/evmd.756567}, author={Şababoğlu, Ezgi and Öztürk, Dilek and Türütoğlu, Hülya}, keywords={Antimikrobiyal duyarlılık,biyokimyasal özellikler,Streptococcus canis,tür spesifik genler}, abstract={Streptococcus canis is an important opportunistic pathogen that infects animals and humans. It causes various infections, including streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, otitis externa, arthritis, skin infections, necrotizing fasciitis, and septicemia in dogs and cats. It can also lead to human infections. There are still very few specific studies on the identification and antimicrobial resistance of this pathogen. In this study, the phenotypic and biochemical properties of 12 S. canis isolates obtained from the vaginal discharge of 11 dogs and the open wound of one dog with facial necrosis were determined, and their susceptibility to some antibiotics were investigated. The phenotypic and biochemical properties of 12 isolates, such as esculin hydrolysis, hippurate hydrolysis, synergistic CAMP-like hemolytic activity, brain hearth infusion agar containing 6.5% NaCl, and carbohydrate fermentation were investigated by conventional bacteriological methods. All the isolates were found in Group G according to Lancefield serogrouping. The presence of the species-specific 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer region (ISR) and sodAint gene was also detected in all the isolates using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. All the isolates were detected to be susceptible to penicillin G, cefoperazone, ampicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, and resistant to gentamicin and neomycin.}, number={1}, publisher={Veteriner Kontrol Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü}