title: Fastidious anaerobe agar compared with Wilkins-Chalgren agar, brain heart infusion agar, and brucella agar for susceptibility testing of Fusobacterium species.
abstract: Fastidious anaerobe agar supported the growth of 82 strains of fusobacteria better than brain heart infusion agar, brucella agar, and Wilkins-Chalgren agar. Fastidious anaerobe agar showed less hazing and fewer tailing endpoints with beta-lactam antibiotics. Whole-blood supplementation improved the performance of all media. Wilkins-Chalgren agar without blood failed to support the growth of 17% of the strains. All Fusobacterium ulcerans strains were resistant to clindamycin.
authors.affiliation: Anaerobe Reference Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, England.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Brazier
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ostovari
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000254:growth & development; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D007769:Lactams; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D007769:Lactams; D002981:Clindamycin; D000362:Agar