We analyzed sensitivity of 123 vaginal lactobacillus strains to antibacterial substances. All lactobacillus strains were sensitive to ampicillin, cefazolin, cefotaxime, and vancomycin, and insensitive to metronidazole, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and levofl oxacin. Lactobacillus strains demonstrated different sensitivity to gentamycin, clindamycin, erythromycin, ciprofl oxacin, and tetracycline. The phenomenon of preferential selective infl uence of antibacterial drugs on the composition of lactobacilli of the vaginal microbiota, in which some lactobacilli survive as part of the vaginal microbiota and have a selective advantage over other types of lactobacilli, should be taken into account during treatment of vaginal infections and dysbiosis.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 158, No. 12, pp. 730-733, December, 2014
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Melkumyan, A.R., Priputnevich, T.V., Ankirskaya, A.S. et al. Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on the Lactobacillus Composition of Vaginal Microbiota. Bull Exp Biol Med 158, 766–768 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-015-2857-1
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