Metallo-β-Lactamase and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase Production by Serratia Strains [Letter]

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Table 1 Metallo-β-Lactamase (MBL) and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Serratia Species Strains Isolated at Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India

Serratia Species	Isolates	Source, Number of Cases	MBL+ve (Source)	ESBL +ve (Source)
Serratia ficaria	3	Death in duckling 1, buffalo milk 2	2 (buffalo milk 2)	1 (death of a duckling 1)
Serratia fonticola	2	Wound infection 1 (cattle), drinking water 1	0	1 (wound infection in cattle 1)
Serratia grimesii	6	Neem leaves 5, wound of elephant 1	0	4 (Neem leaves 3, wound infection in elephant 1)
Serratia liquefaciens	1	Wound infection in a dog 1	1 (wound infection in a dog)	0
Serratia mallotivora	4	Diarrhoea in spotted deer (Axis axis) 3, in black buck (Antilope cervicapra) 1	0	4 (diarrhoea in spotted dear 3, in black buck 1)
Serratia marcescens	8	Diarrhoea in piglet 1, multiple abscesses in a horse 1, death in birds 2, buffalo milk 1, Neem leaves 3	0	6 (Diarrhoea in piglet 1, multiple abscesses in horse 1, death in poultry birds 2, buffalo milk 1, Neem leaves 1)
Serratia odorifera	36	Abortion in cattle 3, buffalo milk 15, Neem leaves 2, septicaemia in spotted dear 3, cattle 1, diarrhoea in piglet 1, barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak)1, sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)1, wounds in cattle 1, dog 1, multiple abscesses in horses 4, UTI in dog 1, water 2	6 (Buffalo milk 4, multiple abscess in horse 1, wound infection in dog 1)	14 (Abortion in cattle 1, buffalo milk 2, Neem leaves 2, septicaemia in spotted dear 3, diarrhoea in piglet 1, sloth bear 1, multiple abscesses in horses 2, UTI in dog 1, water 1)
Serratia plymuthica	8	Abscess 1 in dog, wound infection in horse 1, septicaemia death in elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) 1, bloody dysentery in horse 1, fish meat 2, nasal catarrh in pig 1, UTI in a man 1	4 (Fish for meat 2, UTI in human, wound infection in dog 1)	5 (Fish meat 2, dysentery in horse 1, nasal catarrh in pig 1, septicaemia death in elephant 1)
Serratia rubidaea	6	Abortion in cattle 2, abscess in a man 1, surgical wound infection in dogs 2, death in pigeon 1	0	3 (Abscess in a man 1, surgical wound in dogs 2)
Serratia proteamaculans	1	Bat (Pteropus medius) faeces 1	0	1 (Bat faeces)

Note: Neem, Azadirachta indica.

Abbreviations: MBL, metallo-β-lactamase; ESBL, extended-spectrum-β-lactamase.