Antibiotic susceptibility of clinically relevant anaerobes in Estonia from 1999 to 2001

Anaerobe

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Lõivukene, Krista ^a,b   Naaber, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antibiotic susceptibility and antibiotic consumption

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULBACTAM;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG USE; ESTONIA; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES SP.; FUSOBACTERIUM SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS SP.; PORPHYROMONAS; POSIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA SP.;

EID: 0037707571     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00041-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. Finegold S.M. Overview of clinically important anaerobes. Clin Infect Dis. 20(Suppl 2):1995;S205-S207.
2. McGowan J.E. Jr. Do intensive hospital antibiotic control programs prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2:1994;691-695.
3. Aldridge K.E., Ashcraft D., Cambre K., Pierson C.L., Jenkins S.G., Rosenblatt J.E. Multicenter survey of the changing in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis group, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas, and Peptostreptococcus species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 4:2001;1238-1243.
4. Sebald M. Genetic basis for antibiotic resistance in anaerobes. Clin Inf Dis. 18(Suppl 4):1994;S297-S304.
5. Summanen P., Baron E.J., Citron D., Strong C., Wexler H.M., Finegold S.M. Wadsworth anaerobic bacteriology manual, 5th ed. 1993;Star Publishing Company, Belmonth, CA.
6. Bronzwaer S.L.A.M., Cars O., Buchholz U., Mölstad S., Goettsch W., Veldhuijzen I.K., Kool J.L., Sprenger M.J.W., Degener J.E. Participants in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System. A European study on the relationship between antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance. Emerging Infect Dis. 8:2002;1-10.
7. Seppälä H., Nissinen A., Järvinen H.et al. Resistance to erythromycin in group a streptococci. New Engl J Med. 326:1992;292-297.
8. Megraud F., Lehn N., Lind T., Bayerdörffer E., O'Morain C., Spiller R., Unge P., van Zanten S.V., Wrangstadh M., Burman C.F. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori in a large multicenter trial. the MACH 2 study Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 11:1999;2747-2752.
9. Betriu C., Gomez M., Palau M.L., Sanchez A., Picazo J.J. Activities of new antimicrobial agents (trovafloxacin, moxifloxacin, sanfetrinem, quinupristin-dalfopristin) against Bacteroides fragilis group. comparison with the activities of 14 other agents Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 43:1999;2320-2322.
10. Rotimi V.O., Khourseed M., Brazier J.S., Jamal W.Y., Khodakhast F.B. Bacteroides species highly resistant to metronidazole. an emerging clinical problem? Clin Microbiol infect. 5:1999;166-169.
11. Panigrahi D., Rotimi V.O., Dhar R., Chugh T.D., Dhar P.M., Ghali A., Saad A., Sanyal S.C., Varghese T.L. Anaerobic bacterial flora of intra-abdominal infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in Kuwait. Anaerobe. 7:2001;291-295.
12. Tuner K., Wexler H.M., Reeves D., Finegold S.M. Penicillin-binding proteins in Fusobacterium species. Anaerobe. 2:1996;155-156.
13. Hoverstad T., Bjorneklett A., Fausa O., Midtvedt T. Short-shain fatty acids and bacterial overgrovth of the jejunum. Scand J Gastroent. 19(Suppl 98):1984;43.
14. Midtvedt T. Influence of antibiotics on biochemical intestinal microflora-associated characteristics in man and animal. Gillisen G., Opferbach W., Peters G., Pulverer G. The influence of antibiotics on the host-parasite relationship III. 1989;209-215 Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
15. Mättö J., Saarela M., von Troil-Linden B., Könönen E., Jousimies-Somer H., Torkko H., Alaluusua S., Asikainen S. Distribution and genetic analysis of oral Prevotella intermedia and nigrescens. Oral Microbiol Immunol. 11:1996;96-102.