COMPARISON OF SENSITIVITY TO ANTIBIOTICS OF SEPARATED STAPHYLOCOCCUS OBTHINED FROM PATIENTS IN THREE DISTRICTS IN KYUSHU

Abstract

During one year from August, 1957 until August, 1958, the authors obtained 129 strains of Staphylococcus aureus (Coagulase Positive, Hemolytic) from earfuruncle patients in three districtsin Kyushu (Ureshino Town in Saga Prefecture, Moji City in Fukuoka Prefecture & Ooita. City in Ooita Prefecture) and we investigated the sensitivity of each strain to Penicillin, Streptomycin, Chloramphenocol, Tetracyclin, Erythromycin, then examined the regional differences in sensitivity.
In sensitivity to PC, the authors could not recognizo any significant differences among three districts. Sensitivity to SM declined in the order of Ureshino, Ooita, and Moji, Many of the Ooita strains were significantly low in sensitivity to TC compared with those from the other two districts, Moji, and Ureshino. In CM & EM, the authors did not recognize any differences at all among three districts.
Here in Kyushu area, Staphylococcus aureus has been gaining resistance against in the order of PC→SM→TC and the authors have not seen the strains resistance against CM & EM yet.