Anaerobic infections in hospital practice
Appelbaum, P.C.; Holloway, Y.; Hallett, A.F.
South African Medical Journal 50(3f): 1435-1438
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 973160 Document Number: 101317
The role of anaerobes in the pathogenesis of infections was investigated. Anaerobes were isolated from 0,25% of blood cultures and from 15,8% of other specimens tested; in 15,1% of cases where anaerobes were isolated, no aerobes were found. The strains most commonly encountered were Bacteroides fragilis, B. melaninogenicus, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and Clostridium perfringens. Sensitivity tests in vitro showed all organisms to be sensitive to clindamycin, metronidazole and chloramphenicol, while a large proportion were resistant to penicillin G and smaller numbers were resistant to tetracycline.