Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1981) 8, 333-336
© 1981 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Susceptibility of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni, isolated from patients in Jakarta, Indonesia to ten antimicrobial agents
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Jakarta, Indonesia Infectious Disease Hospital Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Indonesia
accepted 16 June 1981
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The activity of ten antimicrobials was tested against 28 Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni isolates cultured from the stools of human gastroenteritis and suspected typhoid fever patients from Jakarta, Indonesia. Erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and gentamicin were the most active, benzylpenicillin, ampicillin and mecillinam were moderately active and cephalothin, sulphamethoxazole and trimethoprim totally inactive.