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In Vitro Susceptibility to Tetracycline and Fluoroquinolones of Japanese Isolates of Coxiella burnetii
Author(s) -
Andoh Masako,
Naganawa Takashi,
Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi,
Fukushi Hideto,
Hirai Katsuya
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03476.x
Subject(s) - coxiella burnetii , q fever , zoonosis , tetracycline , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , antibiotics , rickettsiales , bacteria , genetics
Coxiella burnetii is the agent of the worldwide zoonosis, Q fever. The in vitro susceptibility to tetracycline and fluoroquinolones of Japanese isolates of C. burnetii was evaluated for the first time. The MICs against Japanese isolates were almost the same as the MICs against the foreign reference isolates. The results suggest that the common antibiotics therapy for Q fever used in other countries is also effective for Japanese Q fever patients.