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Antibiotic Susceptibility of Enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 Isolated from an Outbreak in Japan in 1996

Isami Tsuboi, Hirohisa Ida, Eiji Yoshikawa, Suehiro Hiyoshi, Emiko Yamaji, Issei Nakayama, Tomoko Nonomiya, Fritz Shigenobu, Masaki Shimizu, Koji Ohara,

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 1998 · 22 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

The antibiotic susceptibilities of 43 strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 identified in the summer of 1996 in Japan were investigated. Growth of 90% of O157 strains was inhibited at a concentration of < or = 0.5 micro/ml by several agents including fosfomycin with glucose-6-phosphate.

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