title: Antibacterial susceptibility of anaerobes by agar dilution method.
abstract: Of the 9 antibacterials, vancomycin alone at its break-point (optimum blood level) revealed highest (93.3%) efficacy on Gram-positive cocci. The remarkable activity of carbenicillin, chloramphenicol and vancomycin on Gram-positive cocci (95.4 to 96.9%), carbenicillin and chloramphenicol on Gram-positive bacilli (94.8% to 98.2%) and chloramphenicol on Gram-negative bacilli (95.4%) was noted by increasing their concentrations 1.5 to 2.5 times above their break-points. These (and even higher) concentration, however, showed relatively lower efficacy of metronidazole, rifampicin, penicillin, clindamycin and erythromycin on Gram-positive cocci (76 to 84.1%), rifampicin, tetracycline, erythromycin, clindamycin and vancomycin on Gram-positive bacilli (81 to 87.9%) and clindamycin, metronidazole, rifampicin and carbenicillin in Gram-negative bacilli (72.7 to 84%). By and large, rifampicin, chloramphenicol and carbenicillin are also quite effective (72.1 to 75.1%) at lower concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology and Serology, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Chakraborti
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D016964:Gram-Negative Anaerobic Cocci / Q000187:drug effects*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents