Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food in Italy to antibiotics.
The susceptibility of 148 strains of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from food to antibiotics currently used in veterinary and human therapy was determined by standard agar dilution and disk diffusion methods. The antibiotics included amikacin, amoxicillin, cefazolin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, flumequine, fosfomycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, lincomycin, oxytetracycline, rifampicin, spiramycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, tobramycin and vancomycin. Soussy's breakpoints and MIC(50)-MIC(90) values were used to classify the strains into sensitive, moderately sensitive and resistant groups. This work is part of a wider surveillance program on listeriosis started in Italy in 1995.
Aureli
Paolo
P
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. p.aureli@iss.it
Ferrini
Anna Maria
AM
Mannoni
Veruscka
V
Hodzic
Snjezana
S
Wedell-Weergaard
Christina
C
Oliva
Brunello
B
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007558:Italy; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents