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Antibiotic sensitivity of twoAeromonas and ninePseudomonas species

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An agar dilution method was used to determine thein vitro sensitivity of differentPseudomonas andAeromonas species to sulphonamide, tetracycline, colistin, gentamicin, tobramycin, ampicillin, carbenicillin, and cephaiothin.P. aeruginosa was generally sensitive to carbenicillin, colistin, tobramycin, and gentamicin.P. putida andP. fluorescens were generally resistant toΒ-lactam antibiotics but sensitive to gentamicin and tobramycin.P. cepacia andP. maltophilia were mostly resistant to colistin, gentamicin and tobramycin. OtherPseudomonas species were usually more sensitive to the antibiotics tested. Strains ofAeromonas hydrophila were mostly resistant toΒ-lactam antibiotics but sensitive to other antibiotics, while strains ofA. shigelloides were very sensitive to all antibiotics tested.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm

    C. -E. Nord, T. Wadström & B. Wretlind

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm

    C. -E. Nord, T. Wadström & B. Wretlind

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This work was supported by a grant from the Swedish Medical Research Council (Project no 16X-3554). The skillful technical assistance by Miss Eva Stokken is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank the following firms for generous gifts of antibiotics: AB Astra, Schering AB, and Eli Lilly Sweden AB.

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Nord, C.E., Wadström, T. & Wretlind, B. Antibiotic sensitivity of twoAeromonas and ninePseudomonas species. Med Microbiol Immunol 161, 89–97 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02121749

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