First-line antibiotic susceptibility pattern of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Indonesia

• Main Authors: Dominicus Husada, -, Sugi Deny Pranoto Soegianto, -, Indra Suwarin Kurniawati, -, Adi Pramono Hendrata, -, Eveline Irawan, -, Leny Kartina, -, Dwiyanti Puspitasari, -, Parwati S. Basuki, -, Ismoedijanto, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/114439/1/C2-Artikel.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114439/2/C2-Similarity.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114439/3/C2-Bukti%20Korespondensi.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114439/6/C2-Peer%20Review.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/114439/; https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-4675-y; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4675-y
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background Diphtheria has been reported as an outbreak in some regions in Indonesia, most especially in East Java Province. Resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, and other antibiotics, single or multiple, has been reported in several studies. This study aims to evaluate the first-line antibiotic s...