Susceptibility testing of Dientamoeba fragilis ATCC 30948 with iodoquinol, paromomycin, tetracycline, and metronidazole.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 38(5): 1157-60, 1994 May.
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ABSTRACT
Susceptibility testing was performed on Dientamoeba fragilis ATCC 30948 in a dixenic culture with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Bacteroides vulgatus. D. fragilis was cocultured with the bacteria in TYGM-9 medium (ATCC medium 1171). The activities of antiparasitic drugs were assessed by counting viable D. fragilis trophozoites with a hemacytometer by trypan blue exclusion. The minimal amebicidal concentrations of the following four drugs were determined iodoquinol at 128 micrograms/ml, paromomycin at 16 micrograms/ml, tetracycline (questionably) at 32 micrograms/ml, and metronidazole at 32 micrograms/ml.
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Collection:
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Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Dientamoeba
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Antiprotozoaires
Limites:
Animals
Langue:
En
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Année:
1994
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Canada