This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Ariza, J Articles by Martín, R Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Ariza, J Articles by Martín, R

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 December; 30(6): 958-960

Relevance of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Brucella melitensis to relapse rate in human brucellosis.

ABSTRACT

The in vitro susceptibility of Brucella melitensis was examined vis-a-vis the clinical outcome in 75 patients with brucellosis. The initial MICs for Brucella isolates from patients who relapsed and from those who did not were similar. Furthermore, the MICs for isolates from patients whose infections relapsed were no different from those for original isolates. Our results clearly showed that neither initial nor subsequent antibiotic susceptibility plays a role in the likelihood of relapse of patients with brucellosis.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Grillo, M. J., De Miguel, M. J., Munoz, P. M., Marin, C. M., Ariza, J., Blasco, J. M. (2006). Efficacy of several antibiotic combinations against Brucella melitensis Rev 1 experimental infection in BALB/c mice. J Antimicrob Chemother 58: 622-626 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Kontoyiannis, D. P., Versalovic, J. (2001). Case 20-2001- A 64-Year-Old Man with Fever and Gram-Negative Bacteremia. NEJM 344: 2009-2014 [Full Text]  
• Gur, D., Kocagoz, S., Akova, M., Unal, S. (1999). Comparison of E Test to Microdilution for Determining In Vitro Activities of Antibiotics against Brucella melitensis. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 43: 2337-2337 [Full Text]