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Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volume 37, Issue 4, September 2014, Pages 205–210

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella spp. in small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) in Grenada, West Indies

• Steven Miller^a,
• Victor Amadi^b,
• Diana Stone^b,
• Roger Johnson^c,
• Harry Hariharan^b,
• Ulrike Zieger^{a, ,}

doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2014.05.003

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Abstract

Intestinal samples from 156 small Indian mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) collected island-wide in Grenada from April 2011 to March 2013 were examined for the presence of Salmonella enterica spp. Nineteen (12%) mongooses were culture-positive for S. enterica spp. of which five serotypes were identified. Salmonella javiana and S. Montevideo were the most commonly isolated serotypes. The other serotypes isolated were S. Rubislaw, S. Panama and S. Arechavaleta. All isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, ampicillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, imipenem and trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole. One isolate (S. Montevideo) showed resistance to tetracycline and intermediate resistance to streptomycin. The five isolated Salmonella serotypes are potential human pathogens suggesting that the mongoose may play a role in the epidemiology of human salmonellosis in Grenada.

Keywords

• Salmonella;
• Serotypes;
• Mongoose;
• Herpestes auropunctatus;
• Antimicrobial susceptibility;
• Grenada

Corresponding author at: Wildlife Conservation Medicine Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George's University, St. George's, West Indies, Grenada. Tel.: +1 473 444 4175x3328; fax: +1 473 444 4180.

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