Regional variation in ampicillin and trimethoprim resistance in Escherichia coli in England from 1990 to 1997, in relation to antibacterial prescribing

Autor: D. C. E. Speller, Dorothy James, David M. Livermore, Alan P. Johnson, Julius Weinberg, Dorabella Northcott, Tiffany Gifford, Peter Stephens, Rob George
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 46:411-422
ISSN: 1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/46.3.411
Popis: Over 200 hospitals in England report resistance data for bacteraemia and meningitis isolates to the Public Health Laboratory Service. We reviewed ampicillin and trimethoprim resistance rates from 1990 to 1997 for Escherichia coli, which is the species reported most frequently from these bacteraemias. Ampicillin resistance was relatively stable over time, but varied between Health Regions. The proportion of ampicillin-resistant E. coli in the East Anglia region remained
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