Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni assessed by E-test and double dilution agar method in Southern Chile

• Main Authors: Fernández H, Mansilla M, González V
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2000-01-01
• Series: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni; antimicrobial susceptibility; E-test; double dilution agar test
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000200020
• ISSN: 0074-0276; 1678-8060

The susceptibility patterns of 108 Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni clinical strains, to six antimicrobial agents was determined by using the E-test and the double dilution agar methods. Using both metods, no strain was found to be resistant to ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and gentamicin, but two (1.8%) were resistant to tetracycline and all to aztreonam. Seven (6.5%) strains were resistant to ampicillin by the E-test and five (4.6%) by the double dilution agar method and by both meyhods. No great discrepancies were observed between both methods.