Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella species isolated from clinically ill companion animals

BACKGROUND: spp. is an important conditional pathogen in humans and animals. However, due to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics, the incidence of antimicrobial resistance has increased. OBJECTIVES: strains isolated from clinically ill companion animals. METHODS: species, determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations, detection of ESC resistance genes, polymerase chain reaction-based replicon typing of plasmids by conjugation, and multilocus sequence typing were performed. RESULTS: were most common. CONCLUSIONS: in companion animals suggest that, in clinical veterinary, antibiotic selection should be made carefully and in conjunction with the disease diagnosis.