Genotypic profile of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and E. coli colonizing dogs, surgeons, and environment during the intraoperative period: a cross-sectional study in a veterinary teaching hospital in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This prospective cross-sectional study aimed to determine the occurrence of resistance genes and genetic diversity in Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and Escherichia coli isolated from dogs' superficial surgical site (SS), surgeons' hands, and the operating room (OR) during the intraoperative period.

Methods

Thirty dogs undergoing clean/clean-contaminated (G1, n = 20) and contaminated surgeries (G2, n = 10), along with eight surgeons, were included in the study. Specimens were collected using sterile swabs, transported in 0.1% peptone salt solution, and spread onto blood agar. Environmental samples were collected through passive exposure using BHI agar plates. Seventy-five isolates were selected and classified using MALDI-TOF MS. Resistance genes were screened v

SUBMITTER: Possa de Menezes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884176 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature