Potential clinical use of azithromycin against gastroenteritis-causing pathogens other than Campylobacter.

Potential clinical use of azithromycin against gastroenteritis-causing pathogens other than Campylobacter. New Microbiol. 2020 Sep 04;43(4) Authors: Casanovas-Moreno-Torres I, Gutiérrez-Soto B, Modovan TD, Expósito-Ruiz M, Navarro-Marí JM, Gutiérrez-Fernández J Abstract The activity of azithromycin against enteritis-producing agents other than Campylobacter spp. was studied. The susceptibility to azithromycin, through gradient test, of 88 clinical isolates (51 Salmonella spp., 23 Aeromonas spp., 10 Shigella sonnei and 4 Yersinia enterocolitica) for one year was studied prospectively. The results were compared with the activity of ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin by microdilution. For azithromycin, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) 50 and MIC90 were 4 and 12 mg/l, respectively. Six (6.8%) isolates were simultaneously resistant to ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ciprofloxacin, and 3 (50%) of them presented a MIC>256mg/l. Azithromycin may be a good empirical therapeutic option for the treatment of bacterial enteritis. PMID: 33021318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: New Microbiologica - Category: Microbiology Tags: New Microbiol Source Type: research