%0 Journal Article
%T THE ECOLOGY AND POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK OF THE ORAL MICROFLORA OF Python regius and Clelia scyntalina
%A BABALOLA M.O.
%A BALOGUN J.A.
%J International Journal of Microbiology Research
%D 2013
%I Bioinfo Publications
%X Background: Traumatic bites and wound infections, particularly from animal associated accidents continue to debilitate many victims worldwide. The reservoired potentially pathogenic oral microflora of the aggressors were yet to be fully characterized.Methods: The oral microflora of Python regius (a captive nonvenomous snake) and Clelia scyntalina (a non captive venomous snake) were investigated by culture of the oropharyngeal swabs, to evaluate the commensals, the potential pathogens, and the antibiotic susceptibility of the bacteria flora.Results: Eighteen (18) bacteria isolates belonging to 12 Genera were detected. Nine (9) species were Gram negatives (Proteus mirabilis, Morganella morganii, Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas proteolytica, Serratia liquefaciens, Citrobacter freundii, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Neisseria flora), and Gram positives (Enterococcus feacalis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus subtilis, Corynebacterium ulcerans, Staphylococcus agalactiae, Bacillus mycoides, and Bacillus pumilus) respectively. The Gram negative bacteria were resistant to Ampicillin, Cotrimoxazole, Nalidixic acid and Nitrofurantoin. 50% of these bacteria were susceptible to Streptomycin, Colistin, and Gentamicin. Serratia marcescens was resistant to all the antibiotics except Nalidixic acid, while Morganella morganii, Pseudomonas proteolytica and Citrobacter freundii were only susceptible to Colistin. Of the Gram positive bacteria isolates, Staphylococcus epidermidis was susceptible to the tested antibiotics except Amoxicillin and Cloxacillin, while Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus mycoides, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, and Streptococcus agalactiae were only susceptible to Gentamicin. The detected mycoflora were eight (8) fungal species belonging to six (6) Genera, comprising Aphanomyces sp., Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus, Schizosaccharomyces sp. (from Python regius); Candida sp., Monilia sp., Candida krusei, and Penicillium sp. (from Clelia scyntalina).Conclusion: Etiologic agents of septic wound infections that may either become opportunistic reptilian pathogens, or potentiate antibiotic therapeutic failure of infections in susceptible snakebite victims were detected. This research advance the ecology of microorganisms in respect of bacteria pathogens, antibiogram and the oral mycobiome of companion animals.
%K Python
%K Clelia
%K snakebites
%K infections
%K multidrug
%K resistant
%K bacteria
%K mycoflora
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