TABLE 2.
In vitro susceptibilities of bacteria isolated from rabbit mandibular and maxillary abscesses
| Organism | No. of susceptible organisms/no. tested
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peni- cillin | Ceftri- axone | Cefa- zolin | Metroni- dazole | Chloram- phenicol | Clinda- mycin | Azithro- mycin | Cipro- floxacin | Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole | Tetra- cycline | |
| Anaerobic | ||||||||||
| Actinomyces israelii | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 |
| Arcanobacterium haemolyticum | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Eubacterium brachy | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Peptostreptococcus micros | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 0/5 | 5/5 |
| Staphylococcus saccharolyticus | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 3/5 |
| Prevotella heparinolytica | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 |
| Prevotella sp., no good fit | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Desulfomonas pigra | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Aerobic | ||||||||||
| Streptococcus intermedius | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 0/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 1/6 | 6/6 |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Viridans group streptococcus, no good fit | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| β streptococcus, not groups A-G | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Staphylococcus warneri | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | —a | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Achromobacter (Alcaligenesxylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | — | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Neisseria weaverii | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | — | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
a
—, not determined.