Rapid {beta}-lactamase testing in bacteroides (1981)
Gabay, E. L., Sutter, V. L., Finegold, S. M.
Ninety-six strains of bacteroides were tested for the presence of β-lactamase activity using the chromogenic cephalosporin nitrocefin, an iodometric technique for the detection of penicillinase, and...
Cefoxitin sodium therapy of anaerobic infections (1978)
Busch, D. F., Heseltine, P. N. R., Meyer, R. D., Sutter, V. L., Finegold, S. M.
Fifteen in-patients with a total of 17 infections involving anaerobic bacteria were treated with cefoxitin i.v., 4 to 12 g per day. Seven airway-related infections yielded 3-6 anaerobic isolates per...
Susceptibility of anaerobes to cefoxitin sodium and cephalothin (1978)
Sutter, V. L., Oberhammer, L, Finegold, S. M.
The susceptibility in vitro of 295 strains of anaerobic bacteria to cefoxitin sodium and cephalothin was determined by use of an agar-dilution technique. The strains were isolated from clinical...
Sutter, V L, Emmerman, J, Randall, E, Zabransky, R J, Birk, R J
The MICs of moxalactam were determined for eight National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards control and reference strains and for Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953 by agar and...
Comparative activity of ciprofloxacin against anaerobic bacteria.
Sutter, V L, Kwok, Y Y, Bulkacz, J
The in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin was assessed against 362 strains of anaerobic bacteria and compared with that of cefoxitin, clindamycin, metronidazole, and mezlocillin. Only 31% of the strains...
In vitro susceptibility of Capnocytophaga strains to 18 antimicrobial agents.
Sutter, V L, Pyeatt, D, Kwok, Y Y
Twenty-seven strains of capnocytophaga were tested for their susceptibility to 18 antimicrobial agents by an agar dilution technique. All strains were susceptible to achievable blood levels of...
Effect of carbon dioxide on in vitro susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria to erythromycin.
Goldstein, E J, Sutter, V L, Kwok, Y Y, Lewis, R P, Finegold, S M
The activity of erythromycin against 317 strains of anaerobic bacteria, including 133 strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group, was tested by the agar dilution method in an anaerobic atmosphere with...
Factors affecting the in vitro activity of cefoperazone against the Bacteroides fragilis group.
The in vitro activity of cefoperazone against 32 strains of bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group was determined on four media by using a variety of test parameters. Lower mean minimal...
Intravenous metronidazole for treatment of infections involving anaerobic bacteria.
George, W L, Kirby, B D, Sutter, V L, Wheeler, L A, Mulligan, M E, Finegold, S M
Intravenous metronidazole was administered, either by continuous or intermittent infusion, to 20 patients with infections involving anaerobic bacteria; 14 of the 20 patients were changed to oral...
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacteria associated with periodontal disease.
Sutter, V L, Jones, M J, Ghoneim, A T
A total of 193 bacterial strains were tested for their susceptibilities to 14 antimicrobial agents. Penicillin G was active at 2 U/ml against 98% of the oral isolates. Other antibiotics with good...
Susceptibility of Gardnerella vaginalis to cephradine.
Goldstein, E J, Kwok, Y Y, Sutter, V L
The activity of cephradine and the influence of pH on its activity against 70 Gardnerella vaginalis strains were determined. Serial dilutions of cephradine (0.062 to 256 micrograms/ml) were...
New markers for Eubacterium lentum.
Bokkenheuser, V D, Winter, J, Finegold, S M, Sutter, V L, Ritchie, A E, Moore, W E, ...
Of 37 strains of Eubacterium lentum and phenotypically similar organisms, 26 (70%) synthesized a corticoid 21-dehydroxylase and/or a 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. It appeared that the...
Jones, R N, Barry, A L, Cotton, J L, Sutter, V L, Swenson, J M
The Micro-Media Systems (MMS) anaerobe susceptibility testing panel results from four laboratories were compared for interlaboratory and intralaboratory variations and for the results with the...
Zabransky, R J, Randall, E, Sutter, V L, Birk, R J, Westenfelder, G, Emmerman, J, ...
The minimum inhibitory concentrations of cefoperazone were determined in a collaborative study for eight National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards control and reference strains of...
Selective and differential medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile.
George, W L, Sutter, V L, Citron, D, Finegold, S M
Clostridium difficile is a recognized cause of pseudomembranous (antimicrobial agent-associated) colitis and may be one of the causes of antimicrobial agent-induced diarrhea. A selective and...
Detection, identification, and comparison of Capnocytophaga, Bacteroides ochraceus, and DF-1.
Newman, M G, Sutter, V L, Pickett, M J, Blachman, U, Greenwood, J R, Grinenko, V, ...
Working independently, three laboratories had recognized considerable similarity among certain strains of dysgonic, fermentative, capnophilic, surface translocating, gram-negative bacilli referred to...
Characterization of bacteroides melaninogenicus.
Harding, G K, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M, Bricknell, K S
Fifty-eight human isolates of Bacteroides melaninogenicus, 42 from a variety of clinical infections and the rest from normal flora, were studied for pigment production and ultraviolet light...
Simple disk technique for detection of nitrate reduction by anaerobic bacteria.
Wideman, P A, Citronbaum, D M, Sutter, V L
The laboratory and clinical evaluation of a potassium nitrate-saturated disk for the rapid detection of nitrate reductase production in anaerobes was investigated. The optimal disk concentration and...
Comparison of three procedures for biochemical testing of anaerobic bacteria.
Moore, H B, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
The Analytab Products, Inc. (API), anaerobic multitest microsystem (MICRO) was compared with the Center for Disease Control conventional (CONV) thioglycolate (supplemented with hemin and vitamin K1)...
Practical aerobic membrane filtration blood culture technique: development of procedure.
Sullivan, N M, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
The advantages of a membrane filter system for blood culturing have been realized for many years. Lysing of the blood prior to filtration is a convenient way to proceed, but previously described...
Practical aerobic membrane filtration blood culture technique: clinical blood culture trial.
Sullivan, N M, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
During the course of preliminary clinical trials of an improved membrane filter blood culture system, filter plugging produced by a gelling of the lysing solution was observed when the patients had...
Oxygen tolerance of fresh clinical anaerobic bacteria.
Tally, F P, Stewart, P R, Sutter, V L, Rosenblatt, J E
The oxygen tolerance and sensitivity of 57 freshly isolated anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens was studied. All the organisms tolerated 8 h or more of exposure to oxygen in room air. Growth...
Bacteriology of human and animal bite wounds.
Goldstein, E J, Citron, D M, Wield, B, Blachman, U, Sutter, V L, Miller, T A, ...
Seventy-three patients with bite wounds (16 patients with clenched-fist injuries, 18 with human bite wounds, and 39 with animal bites) were cultured aerobically and anaerobically. A total of 33 of 34...
Sullivan, N. M., Sutter, V. L., Carter, W. T., Attebery, H. R., Finegold, S. M.
A total of 300 patients undergoing various types of urological procedures was studied for incidence of bacteremia. An osmotically stabilized anaerobic broth with sodium polyanethol sulfonate...
Sutter, V L, Emmerman, J, Randall, E, Zabransky, R J, Birk, R J
The MICs of moxalactam were determined for eight National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards control and reference strains and for Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953 by agar and...
Comparative activity of ciprofloxacin against anaerobic bacteria.
Sutter, V L, Kwok, Y Y, Bulkacz, J
The in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin was assessed against 362 strains of anaerobic bacteria and compared with that of cefoxitin, clindamycin, metronidazole, and mezlocillin. Only 31% of the strains...
In vitro susceptibility of Capnocytophaga strains to 18 antimicrobial agents.
Sutter, V L, Pyeatt, D, Kwok, Y Y
Twenty-seven strains of capnocytophaga were tested for their susceptibility to 18 antimicrobial agents by an agar dilution technique. All strains were susceptible to achievable blood levels of...
Effect of carbon dioxide on in vitro susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria to erythromycin.
Goldstein, E J, Sutter, V L, Kwok, Y Y, Lewis, R P, Finegold, S M
The activity of erythromycin against 317 strains of anaerobic bacteria, including 133 strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group, was tested by the agar dilution method in an anaerobic atmosphere with...
Factors affecting the in vitro activity of cefoperazone against the Bacteroides fragilis group.
The in vitro activity of cefoperazone against 32 strains of bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group was determined on four media by using a variety of test parameters. Lower mean minimal...
Intravenous metronidazole for treatment of infections involving anaerobic bacteria.
George, W L, Kirby, B D, Sutter, V L, Wheeler, L A, Mulligan, M E, Finegold, S M
Intravenous metronidazole was administered, either by continuous or intermittent infusion, to 20 patients with infections involving anaerobic bacteria; 14 of the 20 patients were changed to oral...
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of bacteria associated with periodontal disease.
Sutter, V L, Jones, M J, Ghoneim, A T
A total of 193 bacterial strains were tested for their susceptibilities to 14 antimicrobial agents. Penicillin G was active at 2 U/ml against 98% of the oral isolates. Other antibiotics with good...
Susceptibility of Gardnerella vaginalis to cephradine.
Goldstein, E J, Kwok, Y Y, Sutter, V L
The activity of cephradine and the influence of pH on its activity against 70 Gardnerella vaginalis strains were determined. Serial dilutions of cephradine (0.062 to 256 micrograms/ml) were...
New markers for Eubacterium lentum.
Bokkenheuser, V D, Winter, J, Finegold, S M, Sutter, V L, Ritchie, A E, Moore, W E, ...
Of 37 strains of Eubacterium lentum and phenotypically similar organisms, 26 (70%) synthesized a corticoid 21-dehydroxylase and/or a 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. It appeared that the...
Jones, R N, Barry, A L, Cotton, J L, Sutter, V L, Swenson, J M
The Micro-Media Systems (MMS) anaerobe susceptibility testing panel results from four laboratories were compared for interlaboratory and intralaboratory variations and for the results with the...
Zabransky, R J, Randall, E, Sutter, V L, Birk, R J, Westenfelder, G, Emmerman, J, ...
The minimum inhibitory concentrations of cefoperazone were determined in a collaborative study for eight National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards control and reference strains of...
Selective and differential medium for isolation of Clostridium difficile.
George, W L, Sutter, V L, Citron, D, Finegold, S M
Clostridium difficile is a recognized cause of pseudomembranous (antimicrobial agent-associated) colitis and may be one of the causes of antimicrobial agent-induced diarrhea. A selective and...
Detection, identification, and comparison of Capnocytophaga, Bacteroides ochraceus, and DF-1.
Newman, M G, Sutter, V L, Pickett, M J, Blachman, U, Greenwood, J R, Grinenko, V, ...
Working independently, three laboratories had recognized considerable similarity among certain strains of dysgonic, fermentative, capnophilic, surface translocating, gram-negative bacilli referred to...
Characterization of bacteroides melaninogenicus.
Harding, G K, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M, Bricknell, K S
Fifty-eight human isolates of Bacteroides melaninogenicus, 42 from a variety of clinical infections and the rest from normal flora, were studied for pigment production and ultraviolet light...
Simple disk technique for detection of nitrate reduction by anaerobic bacteria.
Wideman, P A, Citronbaum, D M, Sutter, V L
The laboratory and clinical evaluation of a potassium nitrate-saturated disk for the rapid detection of nitrate reductase production in anaerobes was investigated. The optimal disk concentration and...
Comparison of three procedures for biochemical testing of anaerobic bacteria.
Moore, H B, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
The Analytab Products, Inc. (API), anaerobic multitest microsystem (MICRO) was compared with the Center for Disease Control conventional (CONV) thioglycolate (supplemented with hemin and vitamin K1)...
Practical aerobic membrane filtration blood culture technique: development of procedure.
Sullivan, N M, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
The advantages of a membrane filter system for blood culturing have been realized for many years. Lysing of the blood prior to filtration is a convenient way to proceed, but previously described...
Practical aerobic membrane filtration blood culture technique: clinical blood culture trial.
Sullivan, N M, Sutter, V L, Finegold, S M
During the course of preliminary clinical trials of an improved membrane filter blood culture system, filter plugging produced by a gelling of the lysing solution was observed when the patients had...
Oxygen tolerance of fresh clinical anaerobic bacteria.
Tally, F P, Stewart, P R, Sutter, V L, Rosenblatt, J E
The oxygen tolerance and sensitivity of 57 freshly isolated anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens was studied. All the organisms tolerated 8 h or more of exposure to oxygen in room air. Growth...
Bacteriology of human and animal bite wounds.
Goldstein, E J, Citron, D M, Wield, B, Blachman, U, Sutter, V L, Miller, T A, ...
Seventy-three patients with bite wounds (16 patients with clenched-fist injuries, 18 with human bite wounds, and 39 with animal bites) were cultured aerobically and anaerobically. A total of 33 of 34...
Sullivan, N. M., Sutter, V. L., Carter, W. T., Attebery, H. R., Finegold, S. M.
A total of 300 patients undergoing various types of urological procedures was studied for incidence of bacteremia. An osmotically stabilized anaerobic broth with sodium polyanethol sulfonate...