Open AccessIn vitro susceptibilities of oral bacterial isolates to spiramycin
Author(s) -
E. C. S. Chan,
W. AlJoburi,
S.L. Cheng,
F. Delorme
Publication year - 1989
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.33.11.2016
Subject(s) - spiramycin , microbiology and biotechnology , treponema denticola , actinobacillus , bacteroides , treponema , biology , antibiotics , bacteria , streptococcus intermedius , erythromycin , streptococcus , virology , porphyromonas gingivalis , genetics , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Four hundred strains of oral bacteria were tested for their susceptibility to spiramycin. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and most species of Lactobacillus were resistant to the antibiotic. All strains of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans and most strains of bacterial species implicated in adult chronic periodontitis (Bacteroides gingivalis, B. intermedius, and Treponema denticola) were susceptible to spiramycin.