In vitro susceptibility to tetracycline and fluoroquinolones of Japanese isolates of Coxiella burnetii.
Coxiella burnetii is the agent of the worldwide zoonosis, Q fever. The in vitro susceptibility to tetracycline and fluoroquinolones of Japanese isolates of C. burnetii was evaluated for the first time. The MICs against Japanese isolates were almost the same as the MICs against the foreign reference isolates. The results suggest that the common antibiotics therapy for Q fever used in other countries is also effective for Japanese Q fever patients.
Andoh
Masako
M
Department of Applied Veterinary Sciences, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.
Naganawa
Takashi
T
Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi
T
Fukushi
Hideto
H
Hirai
Katsuya
K
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002170:Canada; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011778:Q Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014481:United States
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D013752:Tetracycline