In vitro activities of streptomycin and 11 oral antimicrobial agents against clinical isolates of Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1992 Aug;36(8):1785-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.36.8.1785.

Abstract

We tested in vitro the activities of streptomycin and tetracycline--antibiotics that have long been used to treat rhinoscleroma--as well as several newer oral agents by using 23 isolates of the causative organism Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis. All isolates were inhibited by clinically achievable concentrations of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amoxicillin-clavulanate, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, cephalexin, cefuroxime, and cefpodoxime.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Rhinoscleroma / microbiology
  • Streptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Tetracyclines / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tetracyclines
  • Streptomycin