The antimicrobial sensitivity and plasmid isolation in Plesiomonas shigelloides
Bravo Fariñas, L.; de Paula Almeida, O.S.; Maestre Mesa, J.; Ramírez Alvarez, M.; García Rodríguez, B.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 50(3): 203-206
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 10349444 Document Number: 497484
30 strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from patients with acute diarrheal disease at different health centers of the country were studied. The were phenotypically characterized by conventional biochemical tests and the antimicrobial susceptibility to 11 drugs was determined by the Kirby Bauer's method. It was found that the strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides were sensitive to 7 and resistant to 6 of the investigated drugs. The presence of plasmids in 12 of the 29 analyzed strains was determined and the diversity in their plasmidic patterns was proved.