Antimicrobial resistance of strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group isolated from the intestinal tract of children and adults in Brazil
| Autor: | Maria Candida de Souza Ferreira, Regina Maria Cavalcanti Pilotto Domingues, Leandro Araujo Lobo, Jessica Manya B. D. Vieira, Eduardo N.F Antunes, Kátia Eliane Santos Avelar, Luis Caetano Martha Antunes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Adult Cefotaxime medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Drug resistance Microbial Sensitivity Tests beta-Lactamases Microbiology Bacteroides fragilis Antibiotic resistance Drug Resistance Multiple Bacterial Drug Resistance Bacterial polycyclic compounds medicine Bacteroides Humans Pharmacology (medical) Cefoxitin Child biology Infant General Medicine biology.organism_classification Anti-Bacterial Agents Penicillin Intestines Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Cephamycins Brazil medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International journal of antimicrobial agents. 18(2) |
| ISSN: | 0924-8579 |
| Popis: | The results of this study show that there is a high frequency of resistant species in the Bacteroides fragilis group in the intestinal tract of children and adults in Brazil. B. fragilis was not studied. Of the 73 strains examined, B. distasonis was the most resistant species to penicillin, cefoxitin, cefotaxime and clindamycin. High rates of multiresistance were found, most commonly to penicillin and clindamycin (18 of 36 strains). High levels of beta-lactamase production were detected in isolates showing high resistance to penicillin and multiresistance to the cephamycins, suggesting a widespread dissemination of such resistance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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