Stefan Schwarz

TL;DR: Despite its higher prevalence in strains from piglets with EE, the 11.5 kb plasmid could not be shown to encode production of capsule or exfoliative substances: factors which might play a role in the development of exudative epidermitis in piglets.

TL;DR: The mecC gene shows only 69% nucleotide sequence identity and the corresponding protein only 63% amino acid sequence identity to mecA and PBP2a of S. aureus N315, the first fully sequenced MRSA strain; the molecular basis of oxacillin resistance among staphylococci from wild small mammals by agar dilution is examined.

TL;DR: Observations showed that Y. ruckeri isolates were able to develop mutations that reduce their susceptibility to (fluoro)quinolones and to acquire plasmid-borne resistance genes.

TL;DR: Based on the comparative analysis of the results, the working group "Antibiotic Resistance" of the German Veterinary Medical Society (DVG) proposed to classify porcine respiratory tract pathogens that show MIC values of amoxicillin of < or =0.5microg/ml as "susceptible", those with MICs of 1 micrograms as "intermediate", and those withMICs of > or =2 microg/ ml as "resistant".

TL;DR: The observed differences in the nucleotide sequence and the biochemical characteristics of the enzyme allowed the identification of the pSCS5-encoded CAT from S. haemolyticus as a CAT variant different from those described previously in gram-positive bacteria.