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Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in Japan.

Abstract
The antimicrobial susceptibility of 201 Listeria monocytogenes isolates from foods, environments, animals and human patients in Japan was determined. All isolates were susceptible to ampicillin, the first choice of drug for listeriosis treatment, chloramphenicol, dihydrostreptomycin, erythromycin, enrofloxacin, gentamicin, kanamycin, lincomycin, nosiheptide, salinomycin, vancomycin, and virginiamycin. A human strain was resistant to oxytetracycline. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) for 50% of the strains and the MIC for 90% of the strains were comparable in all the isolates. This is the first investigation to compare antibiotic resistances between isolates from foods and isolates from human patients in Japan. The result showed that most of the isolates were susceptible to antibiotics used in this study.
AuthorsYumiko Okada, Akiko Okutani, Hodaka Suzuki, Hiroshi Asakura, Shuko Monden, Akiko Nakama, Tsutomu Maruyama, Shizunobu Igimi
JournalThe Journal of veterinary medical science (J Vet Med Sci) Vol. 73 Issue 12 Pg. 1681-4 (Dec 2011) ISSN: 1347-7439 [Electronic] Japan
PMID21836384 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (pharmacology)
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases (epidemiology, microbiology)
  • Cockroaches (microbiology)
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Feces (microbiology)
  • Floors and Floorcoverings
  • Fomites
  • Food Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Japan (epidemiology)
  • Listeria monocytogenes (drug effects)
  • Listeriosis (epidemiology, microbiology, veterinary)
  • Meat (microbiology)
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

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