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In vitro susceptibility ofCorynebacterium group D2 andCorynebacterium jeikeium to twelve antibiotics

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The in vitro susceptibility of 83Corynebacterium group D2 strains and 44Corynebacterium jeikeium strains to 12 antimicrobial agents was determined by an agar dilution technique using Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with Tween 80 (0.025 %). All strains ofCorynebacterium group D2 were highly sensitive to fusidic acid, pristinamycin, teicoplanin and vancomycin (geometric mean MICs 0.047, 0.048, 0.338 and 0.396 mg/l respectively). Most of the strains were resistant to other antibiotics tested (ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, gentamicin, lincomycin, rifampin and tetracycline). However, a few strains were highly sensitive (MICs≤0.2 mg/l). The overall pattern of susceptibility of 44 strains ofCorynebacterium jeikeium was similar; the geometric mean MICs of fusidic acid, pristinamycin, vancomycin and teicoplanin were 0.234, 0.235, 0.557 and 0.652 mg/l respectively.

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Philippon, A., Bimet, F. In vitro susceptibility ofCorynebacterium group D2 andCorynebacterium jeikeium to twelve antibiotics. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 892–895 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967505

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