Kafkas Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 2018 , Vol 24 , Issue 4
First Isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Ear Abscess of a Red- Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Mehmet Nuri AÇIK1, Sami ÜNSALDI2, Şule MELEK2, Burhan ÇETİNKAYA3
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bingol, TR-12000 Bingol - TURKEY
2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bingol, TR-12000 Bingol - TURKEY
3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, TR-23119 Elazig - TURKEY
DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2018.19410 This case report is the first of the isolation and identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a female, one year old red-eared slider hospitalized at the Surgery Clinics of Veterinary Faculty, Bingol University, Turkey, for unilateral ear abscess. Susceptibility of the agent to several antibiotics was also tested. Keywords : Red-eared slider, Ear abscess, Pseudomonas aeruginosa