Antimicrobial susceptibility survey on bacterial agents of canine and feline urinary tract infections: Weight of the empirical treatment

Companion animals are potential reservoirs of drug-resistant uropathogens. Judicious use of antibiotics is necessary to maintain the efficacy of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine. Antimicrobial susceptibility monitoring programmes are therefore essential to facilitate the choice of antimicrobial agent that is most likely to be effective, particularly in cases of prior antimicrobial treatment.