Resistance to antibiotics in injured coliforms isolated from drinking water.

Autor: Córdoba MA; Cátedra de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, Republica Argentina., Roccia IL, De Luca MM, Pezzani BC, Basualdo JA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Microbiology and immunology [Microbiol Immunol] 2001; Vol. 45 (5), pp. 383-6.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2001.tb02634.x
Abstrakt: We studied the antibiotic sensitivity of injured coliforms isolated from drinking water of La Plata, Argentina. The antibiotic sensitivity test by the agar diffusion method were proved in: Klebsiella oxytoca (14 strains), Enterobacter aerogenes (4 strains) and Enterobacter cloacae genomic group 3 (14 strains). We found that while these impaired total coliforms were sensitive to piperacillin-tazobactam (TAZ), netilmicin (NTL), ofloxacin (OFLX), and norfloxacin (NFLX) (100%), they had resistant to aminopenicillin-sulbactam (AMS) and nitrofurantoin (NIT) (100%). The resistance to antibiotics demonstrated in these strains would point to the need to promote a rational and judicious use of antimicrobial agents while at the same time implementing a program of active vigilance aimed at ensuring the highest quality of drinking water throughout the system.
Databáze: MEDLINE