Susceptibilities of bacteria isolated from patients with respiratory infectious diseases to antibiotics (1993)

Hideo Ikemoto, Kazuyoshi Watanabe, Takeshi Mori, Jun Igari, Toyoko Oguri, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Kiyoshi Satou, Hidemi Matsumiya, Akira Saito, Tsugio Terai, Yasuo Tanno, Kiyo Nishioka, Masaaki Arakawa, Kouichi Wada, Masahiko Okada, Kyoko Ozaki, Nobuki Aoki, Noduko Kitamura, Osamu Sekine, Yasutoshi SuzukiHiroichi Tanimoto, Kouichiro Nakata, Yoshitaka Nakamori, Tatsuo Nakatani, Hiroko Inagawa, Junzaburou Kabe, Kouichiro Kudo, Yumiko Yamamoto, Teruo Ishihara, Jun Okada, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroaki Takeda, Hiroshi Oshitani, Shin Kawai, Kaoru Shimada, Keizo Yamaguchi, Morihiro Iwata, Akira Ito, Youichiro Kaminaga, Rinzou Soejima, Yoshito Niki, Masayuki Ando, Nobuhisa Yamane, Masakazu Tosaka, Kohei Hara, Mitsuo Kaku, Kazuyuki Sugawara, Masaru Nasu, Youichiro Goto, Morio Ito, Atsushi Saito, Nobuchika Kusano

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Abstract

Bacteria isolated from respiratory tract infections were collected in cooperation with institutions located throughout Japan, since 1981, and IKEMOTO et al. have been investigating susceptibilities of the isolates to various antibacterial agents and antibiotics, and the relationships between the isolates and backgrounds of the patients and so forth each year. We discuss the results in detail. In 20 institutions around the entire Japan from October 1993 to September 1994, 584 strains of bacteria were isolated mainly from sputa of 473 patients with respiratory tract infections and presumed to be the etiological agents. MICs of various antibacterial agents and antibiotics were determined against 91 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, 98 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 122 strains of Haemophilus influenzae, 91 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (non-mucoid), 34 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (mucoid), 42 strains of Moraxella subgenus Branhamella catarrhalis, 25 strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae etc., and the drug susceptibilities of these strains were measured except the strains which died during transportation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-37
Number of pages5
JournalJapanese Journal of Antibiotics
Volume49
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Pharmacology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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