Open AccessAntimicrobial Susceptibilities and Clinical Sources ofDialisterSpecies
Author(s) -
Florent Morio,
Hélène Jean-Pierre,
L. Dubreuil,
Estelle JumasBilak,
L. Calvet,
Grégoire Mercier,
Raymonde Devine,
Hélène Marchandin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00538-07
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , metronidazole , medicine , antibiotics , biology
Seventy-four strains representing the four species of the genusDialister were isolated from various clinical samples.Dialister pneumosintes andDialister micraerophilus were the two mainly encountered species. Fifty-five isolates were tested against 14 antimicrobial agents. Decreased susceptibilities to piperacillin, metronidazole, macrolides, fluoroquinolones, and rifampin were demonstrated. The clinical impact of these decreased susceptibilities remains to be investigated but should prompt microbiologists to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing for clinically importantDialister spp.