Antibiotic Susceptibility of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolated from an Outbreak in Japan in 1996
Author(s) -
Isami Tsuboi,
Hirohisa Ida,
Eiji Yoshikawa,
Suehiro Hiyoshi,
Emiko Yamaji,
Issei Nakayama,
Tomoko omiya,
Fritz Shigenobu,
Masaki Shimizu,
Koji Ohara,
Tetsuo Sawai,
K Mizuoka
Publication year - 1998
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.42.2.431
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , fosfomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , outbreak , antibiotics , enterobacteriaceae , biology , bacteria , virology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The antibiotic susceptibilities of 43 strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 identified in the summer of 1996 in Japan were investigated. Growth of 90% of O157 strains was inhibited at a concentration of < or = 0.5 micro/ml by several agents including fosfomycin with glucose-6-phosphate.
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