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.
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Authors | Yumiko Okada, Akiko Okutani, Hodaka Suzuki, Hiroshi Asakura, Shuko Monden, Akiko Nakama, Tsutomu Maruyama, Shizunobu Igimi |
Journal | The Journal of veterinary medical science
(J Vet Med Sci)
Vol. 73
Issue 12
Pg. 1681-4
(Dec 2011)
ISSN: 1347-7439 [Electronic] Japan |
PMID | 21836384
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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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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