title: In vitro susceptibilities of oral bacterial isolates to spiramycin.
abstract: Four hundred strains of oral bacteria were tested for their susceptibility to spiramycin. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and most species of Lactobacillus were resistant to the antibiotic. All strains of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans and most strains of bacterial species implicated in adult chronic periodontitis (Bacteroides gingivalis, B. intermedius, and Treponema denticola) were susceptible to spiramycin.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: al-Joburi
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delorme
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D015572:Spiramycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015572:Spiramycin