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E-test antibiotics susceptibility of strict anaerobic bacteria
C Letournel-Glomaud1, S Houssaye, L Milhaiha
1Service de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, 78011 Versailles, France. christine.letournel-glomoud@sante.gouv.fr
Abstract:
The E-test is convenient for testing susceptibility of anaerobes. From September 1998 to September 1999, 194 strains (105 Gram-positive bacteria, 89 Gram-negative bacteria) of clinically relevant samples were tested against five antibiotics benzylpenicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, clindamycin, metronidazole and imipenem on blood agar plates. Resistance to benzyl penicillin is widespread and Gram-negative bacteria and resistance to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid is exceptional. Metronidazole is very effective against anaerobes except non-spore-forming aerotolerant Gram-positive rods and Peptostreptococcus micros.
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