RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The antibiotic susceptibility of <em>Mycoplasma hominis</em>
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 483
OP 485
DO 10.1136/jcp.22.4.483
VO 22
IS 4
A1 Harwick, Herbert J.
A1 Fekety, F. Robert
YR 1969
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/22/4/483.abstract
AB Mycoplasma hominis is now recognized as a human pathogen, but little information regarding its antibiotic susceptibility is available. We therefore tested the susceptibility of 49 isolates of M. hominis to 16 antibiotics. Penicillin-like drugs and erythromycin showed no activity whatsoever. Tetracycline and lincomycin were the most active drugs, with chloramphenicol, kanamycin, and streptomycin showing some inhibitory activity. The distinctions between metabolic inhibition, growth inhibition, and mycoplasmacidal endpoints are discussed and defined.