Open AccessAntibiotic susceptibility patterns in Rochalimaea quintana, the agent of trench fever
Author(s) -
William F. Myers,
D M Grossman,
Charles L. Wisseman
Publication year - 1984
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.25.6.690
Subject(s) - streptomycin , colistin , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , kanamycin , ampicillin , chloramphenicol , penicillin , doxycycline , biology , tetracycline , agar dilution , vancomycin , bacteria , minimum inhibitory concentration , staphylococcus aureus , genetics
Rochalimaea quintana, the etiological agent of trench fever, was tested by an agar dilution method for its susceptibility to the following 14 antibiotics: penicillin G, methicillin, ampicillin, cephalothin, vancomycin, doxycycline, tetracycline, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, kanamycin, rifampin, colistin, and amphotericin B. The MIC of each of these antibiotics was determined. The results showed that R. quintana is susceptible in vitro to these antibiotics, with the exception of vancomycin, kanamycin, streptomycin, colistin, and amphotericin B.