Antibiotic resistance patterns of gram-negative aerobic bacilli: a Caribbean collaborative study - abstract
West Indian med. j
; West Indian med. j;41(suppl 1): 53, Apr. 1992.
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ABSTRACT
As part of a systemic study of antibiotic resistance pattern of bacteria in the Caribbean, organisms were collected from hospital laboratories in Barbados and Trinidad in May-June, 1991. Three hundred and twenty-eight gram-negative aerobic bacilli (BNB) were tested for antibiotic resistance by Kirby-Bauer disc susceptibility test method. The percentage of resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid was 63 percent, 52 percent and 27 percent, respectively. The gentamicin resistance of GNB was 7.6 percent, and none of the isolates were resistant to amikacin. The percentage resistance of GNB isolates from Trinidad against all antibiotics was higher than the isolates tested from Barbados. Interestingly, 26 percent of isolates obtained from outpatients were resistant to cotrimoxzole as compared to 16 percent in inpatients in Trinidad. A systematic study of antibiotic resistance among gram-negative bacteria in the Caribbean is recommended for prudent use of antibiotics (AU)
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Bactérias Aeróbias
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Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos
País/Região como assunto:
Barbados
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Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article
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Congress and conference