Multidrug Resistance Pattern of Enterobacter Spp. Isolated from Acute Respiratory Tract Infected Camels (Camelus dromedarius)

The genus Enterobacter is a gram negative commensal coliform member of Enterobacteriaceae.In immunocompromised animals Enterobacter become opportunistic pathogen and severely affects therapeutic management of infections by evading proper effects of antibiotics.Thus the present study was designed to determine resistance pattern of Enterobacter obtained from acute respiratory tract infected camels (Camelus dromedarius).Total 16 Enterobacter spp.isolates were obtained from 46 deep nasal discharge samples of acute respiratory tract infected camels and preliminarily confirmed on the basis of IMViC pattern, hemolysis and sugar fermentation pattern.Confirmed isolates were screened for susceptibility against 25 antibiotics of various groups.All isolates were showed multidrug resistance pattern and 100% isolates were resistant to ampicillin, bacitracin, erythromycin, clindamycin, rifampicin, vancomycin and oxacillin.While all isolates were sensitive to gentamicin and imepenem and in decreasing order isolates were showing variable percentage of sensitivity for cefepime and ciprofloxacin (93.75%), norfloxacin and cefotaxime (87.50%), ceftazidime and co-trimoxazole (81.25%), colistin (68.75%), chloramphenicol (62.50%), kanamycin and trimethoprim (56.25%), tetracycline (31.25%) and cephalothin (25%) isolates were sensitive.