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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2596-2604, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2596-2604.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Porcine Brachyspira (Serpulina) Species Isolates

M. Karlsson,¹ C. Fellström,² A. Gunnarsson,³ A. Landén,¹ and A. Franklin^1*

Department of Antibiotics,¹ Department of Bacteriology, National Veterinary Institute,³ Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden²

Received 21 August 2001/ Returned for modification 16 December 2001/ Accepted 9 March 2003

No standardized method for susceptibility testing of Brachyspira spp. is currently available. A broth dilution procedure was evaluated and used to test the activities of six antimicrobial agents for 108 isolates of Swedish porcine Brachyspira spp. representing biochemical groups I, II, and III. Group I corresponds to Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, group II corresponds to B. intermedia, and group III corresponds to B. murdochii and B. innocens. A panel was designed with the antimicrobial agents dried in tissue culture trays with wells that allowed a liquid volume of 0.5 ml in each and agitation of the broth when incubated on a shaker. The MICs were determined by using brain heart infusion broth with 10% fetal calf serum. For 10 isolates, the results obtained in broth were compared to the MICs obtained on two different types of agar. Different inoculum densities and incubation times were also compared. The concentrations at which 90% of the B. hyodysenteriae isolates (n = 72) were inhibited in the broth dilution test by tiamulin (0.25 µg/ml), tylosin (>256 µg/ml), erythromycin (>256 µg/ml), clindamycin (>4 µg/ml), virginiamycin (4 µg/ml), and carbadox (0.06 µg/ml) were determined. The MICs tended to be lower in broth than on agar. Differences in inoculum densities and incubation times had little influence on the MICs. The evaluated broth dilution test was simple to perform, the end points were easily read, and the results were reproducible and reliable. No isolates with decreased susceptibility to tiamulin were found among the Swedish isolates tested.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Veterinary Institute, Department of Antibiotics, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: 46 18 67 40 00. Fax: 46 18 30 91 62. E-mail: Anders.Franklin{at}sva.se.

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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2003, p. 2596-2604, Vol. 41, No. 6
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2596-2604.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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