IN-VITRO ACTIVITIES OF CIPROFLOXACIN, CEFOTAXIME, CEFTRIAXONE, CHLORAMPHENICOL, AND RIFAMPIN AGAINST FULLY SUSCEPTIBLE AND MODERATELY PENICILLIN-RESISTANT NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS

Authors
BLONDEAU JM YASCHUK Y
Citation
Jm. Blondeau et Y. Yaschuk, IN-VITRO ACTIVITIES OF CIPROFLOXACIN, CEFOTAXIME, CEFTRIAXONE, CHLORAMPHENICOL, AND RIFAMPIN AGAINST FULLY SUSCEPTIBLE AND MODERATELY PENICILLIN-RESISTANT NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 39(11), 1995, pp. 2577-2579
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
39
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2577 - 2579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1995)39:11<2577:IAOCCC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Moderately penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis was responsible for an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1993. We tested fully susceptible and moderately resistant s trains of N. meningitidis against ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxo ne, chloramphenicol, penicillin, and rifampin. Eighteen percent of the isolates were moderately resistant to penicillin (MIC, greater than o r equal to 0.06 mu g/ml) whereas susceptibility was 100% for the other agents tested.