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Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1996 May;34(5):1296–1298. doi: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1296-1298.1996

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactococcus lactis and Lactococcus garvieae and a proposed method to discriminate between them.

J A Elliott 1, R R Facklam 1
PMCID: PMC229003  PMID: 8727924

Abstract

The MICs of antimicrobial agents contained in the SCEPTOR Streptococcus MIC panels (Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems) were determined for Lactococcus lactis, L. garvieae, and unknown Lactococcus species. Several isolates had reduced susceptibilities to many of the antimicrobial agents contained in the panel. For L. garvieae, the MICs of penicillin and, possibly, cephalothin were higher than for L. lactis, and unlike L. lactis, L. garvieae was resistant to clindamycin, indicating that knowledge of the Lactococcus species causing an infection might influence the choice of antimicrobial therapy. Susceptibility to clindamycin can also be used to differentiate between L. lactis and L. garvieae.

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