ABSTRACT
The comparative in vitro activity of amikacin, cefamandole, cefoperazone, cefotaxime, cefoxitin, cephalothin, chloramphenicol, moxalactam, piperacillin, ticarcillin and tobramycin against 170 community blood culture isolates of gram-negative bacilli was investigated using the quantitative plate dilution method. Results showed that amikacin, cefoperazone, cefotaxime, moxalactam, piperacillin and tobramycin were most active on a weight basis. Tobramycin and amikacin were quite active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa but one isolate showed an MIC of 50 micrograms/ml to both. The order of activity of the remaining drugs for P. aeruginosa was cefoperazone greater than moxalactam greater than cefotaxime and piperacillin greater than ticarcillin.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects , Hospitals, Community , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity TestsABSTRACT
Recent reports have indicated a high incidence of erythromycin resistance in Group A streptococci isolated from children in Japan. The present study investigated antibiotic susceptibility patterns of 280 pharyngeal isolates from ambulatory patients using the plate dilution technique. The incidences of resistance to erythromycin and tetracycline were 4.3 and 7.8%, respectively. No resistance to penicillin, ampicillin, methicillin, oxacillin, cefaclor or moxalactam was found, and there was no evidence of penicillin tolerance using the standard tube dilution technique. The erythromycin-resistant isolates were of T-pattern 12, M-type 12, and two erythromycin-resistant isolates were also resistant to tetracycline. Data on the source of the isolates suggest that a localized outbreak of erythromycin-resistant streptococcal infection occurred.
