Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinically relevant Gram-positive anaerobic cocci collected over a three-year period in the Netherlands

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Mar;55(3):1199-203. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01771-09. Epub 2010 Dec 28.

Abstract

The susceptibility of 14 species of 115 Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (GPAC) was determined for 14 antibiotics. To assure correct identification, strains were genotypically identified by fluorescence in situ hybridization and sequencing. Susceptibility differences (MIC₅₀ and MIC₉₀) for penicillin G, clindamycin, tigecycline, levofloxacin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cefoxitin, ertapenem, meropenem, metronidazole, and doxycycline were found for the three clinically most relevant GPAC species: Finegoldia magna, Parvimonas micra, and Peptoniphilus harei.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria, Anaerobic / classification
  • Bacteria, Anaerobic / drug effects*
  • Bacteria, Anaerobic / genetics
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / classification
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / drug effects*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Netherlands

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents