SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ANAEROBIC BACTERIA TO SF 837

Abstract

Susceptibilities of 145 strains of anaerobic bacteria to SF 837, a new macrolide antibiotic developed by Research Laboratory of Meiji Seika, were examined.
Many strains of Peptococcus and Peptostreptococcus were sensitive to this drug, while strains of Veillonella were relatively resistant.
SF 837 showed strong activity to Bacteroides and little activity to Fusobacterium so that this drug may be useful to differentiate genera among gram negative anaerobic rods.