In-vitro andin-vivo activities of antimicrobial agents againstAcinetobacter calcoaceticus

Abstract
The virulence of clinical isolates ofAcinetobactercal coaceticus subsp.anitratus was studied in mice, andin-vitro andin-vivo activities of several antimicrobial agents were evaluated Inm-vitro susceptibility testings, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, and peptide were highly sensitive, and nunocycline and doxycycline were the most active of 21 antibiotics tested against 84 clinical isolates of Acin. calcoaceticus. Virulence tests for mice revealed that some strains exhibited high virulence with LD50 values between 103 and 10* viable cells/mouse. Against lethal and urinary tract infections produced by Acin. calcoaceticus Ac-54 strain in mice, minocycline, doxycycline, gentamicin, and dibekacin, which were highly active in vitro, were effective.

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