Multi Drug Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolates from Canine Pyoderma

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is an important opportunistic pathogen of companion animals, especially dogs. Four dogs with a long-term inflammatory skin disorder due to infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) are described. Bacteria was isolated from the skin swab samples from diseased animal and characterized with the different biochemical test and identification strips. Antibiotic resistance pattern has been examined. All strains were shown multidrug resistance pattern and found sensitive only for Amikacin. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius was also found coagulase positive and methicillin resistant strain.