Bacterial characterization of the oral cavity of the domestic cat population in the city of campo Grande, MS, Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Bacterial characterization of the oral cavity of the domestic cat population in the city of campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Received 03rd August, 2019; Received in revised form 11th September, 2019; Accepted 29th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Gabriel Utida Eguchi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Owing to the high incidence of domestic animal bites and resultant bacterial infections, this study aimed to identify the main bacteria isolated from the oral microbiota of 50 domestic cats. This is the first study to identify the genus Pseudomonas as the most frequently isolated agent, corresponding to 45% of the samples, followed among the gram-negative bacteria by Acinetobacterlwoffi (8.33%), Achromobacter group F (6.66%), CDC group IIj (5%), Moraxella spp.(3.33%), CDC Group IIF(3.33%), Burkholderia mallei (3.33%), Flavobacterium spp. (1.66%), Kingella spp. (1.66%), Escherichia coli(1.66%), Eikenellacorrodens(1.66%), Serratiarubiaceae (1.66%), andKlebsiella spp. (1.66%). The gram-positive bacteria isolated consisted of Bacillus spp. (6.66%), Streptococcus spp. (3.33%), Staphylococcus spp. (3.33%), and Micrococcus spp. (1.66%). This study demonstrates the diversity of the domestic feline oral cavity microbiota and discusses the variation of the generaidentified in studies carried out in different geographic regions.It is also of importance not only to veterinarians, but also to health care professionals involved in the medical treatment of humans with animal bite wounds.
