Susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid to Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, and Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
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- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 9 (1), 137-139
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.9.1.137
Abstract
Susceptibility to ampicillin and chloramphenicol in vitro has been determined for Haemophilus influenzae strains isolated from blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid cultures of patients admitted to two Atlanta hospitals from 1 January 1974 to 31 March 1975. Since the appearance of ampicillin-resistant strains of this organism in early 1974, chloramphenicol has been used in these hospitals as initial therapy for severe infection due to H. influenzae . Strains from five of 94 patients were resistant to ampicillin (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] ≥ 12.5 μg/ml), but all strains were susceptible to chloramphenicol (MIC < 2 μg/ml). The first 35 strains studied, including three resistant to ampicillin, were also tested for in vitro susceptibility to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; all were highly susceptible (MIC ≤ 0.0312 μg of trimethoprim and 0.625 μg of sulfamethoxazole per ml).Keywords
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