ASSAY OF ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CHLAMYDIA-PNEUMONIAE

Authors
HJELM E HULTEN K NYSTROMROSANDER C GUSTAFSSON I ENGSTRAND L CARS O
Citation
E. Hjelm et al., ASSAY OF ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CHLAMYDIA-PNEUMONIAE, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 1997, pp. 13-14
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
104
Pages
13 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1997):<13:AOASOC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
It is well known that treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae infections is difficult. High doses and prolonged treatment is often needed to achie ve clinical cure despite good in vitro effect of the drugs used, We he re discuss different methodological problems in the determination of M IC and MBC values of C. pneumoniae. The length of the preincubation ti me and the lack of fluctuation of the antibiotic concentrations may af fect the outcome of the currently used assay.