This research was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) through funds to GHTM—UIDP/04413/2020, LA-REAL—LA/P/0117/2020, CIISA and AL4AnimalS (UIDB/00276/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020, respectively). J.M. was supported by a PhD fellowship (2020.07562.BD). S.S.C. was supported by FCT through CEECINST/00042/2021/CP1773/CT0009 (https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00042/2021/CP1773/CT0009).; The...
[P280]; Aim: To characterize biocide susceptibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates causing infection in pets and evaluate proposed biocide epidemiological cut-off (tentative ECOFF) values. Methods: The study comprised a collection of 17 S. epidermidis isolates collected from several infection sources in cats and dogs from 2001 to 2016. Susceptibility to benzalkonium chloride (BAC), cetrim-ide, chlorhexi...