A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
The in-vitro susceptibilities of toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in northwestern Russia and surrounding areas to ten antibiotics
Authors: Maple PA, Efstratiou A, Tseneva G, Rikushin Y, Deshevoi S, Jahkola M, Vuopio-Varkila J, George RC
Publication year: 1994
Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Journal name in source: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Journal acronym: J Antimicrob Chemother
Volume: 34
Issue: 6
First page : 1037
Last page: 40
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 0305-7453
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/34.6.1037(external)
Abstract
The in-vitro activities of ten antibiotics against 83 toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae recently isolated in northwestern Russia and surrounding areas were determined by an agar dilution method. All of the strains were susceptible to erythromycin, penicillin, ampicillin, cefuroxime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin and tetracycline. Trimethoprim and rifampicin were each active against 81 isolates, the two strains resistant to the latter agent having been isolated from two members of the same family.
The in-vitro activities of ten antibiotics against 83 toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae recently isolated in northwestern Russia and surrounding areas were determined by an agar dilution method. All of the strains were susceptible to erythromycin, penicillin, ampicillin, cefuroxime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin and tetracycline. Trimethoprim and rifampicin were each active against 81 isolates, the two strains resistant to the latter agent having been isolated from two members of the same family.
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