title: In vitro susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated in Austria to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin.
abstract: More than 200 strains of Campylobacter (C.) jejuni/coli isolated in 1985 and 1987/88 from human fecal specimens were tested for their susceptibility to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. Their MIC90 as assessed by agar dilution tests was 2.0 and 0.5 mg/l, respectively. Thus, all strains were regarded as susceptible to ciprofloxacin. With 2 out of 55 strains of C. coli the MIC of erythromycin was 8.0 mg/l. Therefore, only 3.6% of the C. coli strains were resistant to erythromycin. All 209 strains of C. jejuni proved to be susceptible to erythromycin.
authors.affiliation: Hygiene-Institut der Universität, Wien.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hirschl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rotter
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000187:drug effects*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004917:Erythromycin