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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2000, p. 3428-3431, Vol. 44, No. 12
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Bactericidal Activities of Antibiotics against Intracellular Francisella tularensis

M. Maurin, N. F. Mersali, and D. Raoult*

Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRES A 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France

Received 23 December 1999/Returned for modification 10 July 2000/Accepted 24 August 2000

MICs of many antibiotics for Francisella tularensis are low in axenic medium, whereas only aminoglycosides, tetracyclines, and fluoroquinolones are useful in treating tularemic patients. In an in vitro cell system, only these antibiotics, rifampin, and telithromycin were bactericidal against intracellular F. tularensis. These results correlate better with clinical data than MIC data do.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UPRES A 6020, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France. Phone: (33) 4 91 38 55 17. Fax: (33) 4 91 83 03 90. E-mail: Didier.Raoult{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2000, p. 3428-3431, Vol. 44, No. 12
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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