Title: Susceptibility of urine isolates of Staphylococcus saprophyticus to antimicrobial agents - ScienceDirect
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Susceptibility of urine isolates of Staphylococcus saprophyticus to antimicrobial agents
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Content: RILEY? * Western Diagnostic Pathology, Myuree, Western Australia ? Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia and Sir Charles Guirdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Auslraliu Summary The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 10 antimicrobial agents for 96 urinary isolates of Staphylococcus saprophyticus cultured from symptomatic females in the Western Australian general community are reported. All antimicrobial agents tested showed good activjty, with the exceptions of norfloxacin (MESo 8 mg/L) and ampicillin (MIC9,, 0.5 mg/L). Eighty-three of 96 isolates were susceptible to all antimicrobial agents tested. One isolate was resistant to both tetracycline and trimethoprim. The remainder were resistant to a single antimicrobial agent; 10 to tetracycline and 2 to trimethoprim. None of the isolates exhibited any detectable beta-lactamase activity when tested by the chro- mogenic cephalosporin method. Synergy between trimethoprim and sulphafurazole against Staph.