[Characteristics of clinical strains of anaerobic asporous microorganisms isolated from trauma and orthopedic patients and their antibiotic sensitivity].

The procedure of and the data on the bacteriological investigation of the pathological material collected from 178 patients with purulent inflammatory diseases of various localization (mainly of the locomotor system) are presented. Obligate anaerobes were detected in the specimens of the clinical material from 39 per cent of the patients. Antibiotic sensitivity of 62 strains of the obligate anaerobic bacteria was determined. Of the antibiotics tested, levomycetin, carbenicillin and lincomycin proved to be most active against the anaerobes.