In vitro susceptibility testing of nonsporing anaerobes to ten antimicrobial agents.
Antibiotic susceptibility was performed on sixty clinical isolates of nonsporing anaerobes against ten antimicrobial agents. The test was performed on Muller Hinton Agar and Wilkins Chalgren blood agar by preparing suspension of freshly isolated colonies in BHI broth. Apart from Metronidazole and Chloramphenicol newer antibiotics like Minocycline, Secnidazole, Tinidazole, Clarithromycin, Roxithromycin were also tried. Antimicrobial agents like Metronidazole, Secnidazole, Tinidazole and Minocycline were 100% sensitive, followed by Chloramphenicol, Clarithromycin and Roxithromycin. These newer agents can be good alternatives for the treatment of non sporing anaerobes.
Rao
P S
PS
Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
Shivananda
P G
PG
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media