Hc. Wegener et al., ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-HYICUS ISOLATED FROM EXUDATIVE EPIDERMITIS IN PIGS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(3), 1994, pp. 793-795
Exudative epidermitis or greasy pig syndrome is caused by the coagulas
e-variable staphylococcal species Staphylococcus hyicus. Treatment of
this disease is problematic because of the limited number of antimicro
bial agents available for this purpose. Thirteen antimicrobial agents
were evaluated for their activities against 100 S. hyicus strains isol
ated from pigs with exudative epidermitis. Novobiocin was the most act
ive compound tested, with an MIC for 90% of the strains tested (MIC(90
)) of less than or equal to 0.06 mu g/ml. Enrofloxacin, ampicillin, an
d ceftiofur were the next most active compounds, with MIC(90)s of 0.25
, 0.5, and 1.0 mu g/ml, respectively. However, 41.4% of the 99 strains
tested were positive for beta-lactamase production. The MIC(90)s of e
rythromycin, tetracycline, and streptomycin were >32.0 mu g/ml. Initia
l testing with sulfadiazine-trimethoprim yielded an MIC(90) of >64.0 m
u g/ml, but subsequent testing with thymidine phosphorylase-supplement
ed medium yielded an MIC(90) of 0.06 mu g/ml. Both lincomycin and spec
tinomycin were relatively inactive against the S. hyicus strains teste
d, with MIC(90)s of > 64.0 and > 128.0 mu g/ml, respectively. However,
the combination of the two compounds at ratios of 1:2 (lincomycin to
spectinomycin) and 1:8 were more active, with MIC(90)s of 16.0 and 4.0
mu g/ml, respectively. These results indicate that novobiocin and sul
fadiazine-trimethoprim were the most active compounds tested against t
he S. hyicus strains isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis. Fu
rthermore, the combination of lincomycin and spectinomycin was more ac
tive than the individual compounds against the strains tested.