Assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of Ureaplasma urealyticum from prostitutes and outpatient clinic patients using the E-test and agar dilution method.
In this study, a total of 647 vaginal discharge samples were examined. Ureaplasma urealyticum growth was seen in 68 samples (10.5%). The antibiotic sensitivity of 30 types of U.urealyticum was determined with the E-test and agar dilution method. With the agar dilution method, all types were sensitive to ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin (MIC 0.94 microg/ml), tetracycline (MIC 0.125 microg/ml) and doxycycline (MIC 0.125 and 0.190 microg/ml). Furthermore, with the agar dilution method, 18 types (60%) were resistant to roxithromycin and 12 (40%) were sensitive (MIC 12 microg/ml); 3 types (10%) were resistant to erythromycin and 27 (90%) were sensitive (MIC 12 microg/ml); 9 types (30%) were resistant to clarithromycin and 21 (70%) were sensitive (MIC 12 microg/ml), and all types were sensitive to azithromycin (MIC 14 microg/ml).
Cakan
Hüseyin
H
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Forensic Sciences, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. hcakan2002@yahoo.com
Polat
Erdal
E
Kocazeybek
Bekir
B
Ocal
Pelin
P
Cepni
Ismail
I
Aslan
Mustafa
M
Salihoğlu
Funda
F
Altaş
Kemal
K
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D015897:Comorbidity; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D019535:Mycoplasma hominis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013045:Species Specificity; D016869:Ureaplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents