Comparative in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of a special panel of 74 Bacteroides fragilis group isolates in Wilkins-Chalgren agar with and without sheep blood.

نویسندگان

  • C J Gill
  • D L Shungu
  • S Ponticas
چکیده

Seventy-four cefoxitin-resistant Bacteroides fragilis group isolates were tested by the serial twofold agar dilution method for susceptibility to imipenem and other agents in medium with and without 5% sheep blood. Imipenem (MIC for 90% of strains tested, 1 microgram/ml) and metronidazole (MIC for 90% of strains tested, 2 micrograms/ml) were the two most active agents. The addition of 5% sheep blood to the medium had little or no effect on the activity of the antibiotics tested.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

دوره 33 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989