Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bacillus anthracis strains from Hungary

Acta Vet Hung. 2016 Jun;64(2):141-7. doi: 10.1556/004.2016.015.

Abstract

The susceptibility of 29 Bacillus anthracis strains, collected in Hungary between 1933 and 2014, was tested to 10 antibiotics with commercially available minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test strips. All strains were susceptible to amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, doxycycline, gentamicin, penicillin, rifampicin, and vancomycin. Intermediate susceptibility to erythromycin and cefotaxime was detected in 17.2% (5/29) and 58.6% (17/29) of the strains, respectively. Correlations were not observed between the isolation date, location, host species, genotype, and antibiotic susceptibility profile of strains.

Keywords: Antibiotic susceptibility; Bacillus anthracis; Hungary; anthrax.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus anthracis / classification
  • Bacillus anthracis / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Hungary / epidemiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents