Antibiotic susceptibility patterns in Rochalimaea quintana, the agent of trench fever.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: W F Myers, D M Grossman, C L Wisseman Jr
• Journal: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 25 Issue 6 Pg. 690-3 (Jun 1984) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6742814 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (pharmacology)
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Humans
• Microbial Sensitivity Tests
• Rickettsia (drug effects)
• Trench Fever (microbiology)