Frean J A, Arntzen L, Capper T, Bryskier A, Klugman K P
Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Nov;40(11):2646-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.11.2646.
A limited repertoire of antimicrobial agents is currently in use for the treatment of plague. We investigated the in vitro activities of some newer antimicrobial agents against Yersinia pestis. Among the injectable agents tested, cefotaxime was the most active, and among the oral agents, both levofloxacin and ofloxacin were highly active, with MICs at which 90% of isolates are inhibited of < 0.03 microgram/ml. the susceptibilities to the ketolide RU004 and the penem faropenem warrant attention. The enhanced activities of quinolones against Y. pestis suggest that these agents should be further investigated for the treatment of human plague in the future.
目前用于治疗鼠疫的抗菌药物种类有限。我们研究了一些新型抗菌药物对鼠疫耶尔森菌的体外活性。在所测试的注射用药物中,头孢噻肟活性最强,在口服药物中,左氧氟沙星和氧氟沙星均具有高活性,90%分离株被抑制的最低抑菌浓度(MIC)<0.03微克/毫升。酮内酯类药物RU004和青霉烯类药物法罗培南的敏感性值得关注。喹诺酮类药物对鼠疫耶尔森菌增强的活性表明,未来应对这些药物治疗人类鼠疫进行进一步研究。