Antibiograms of pathogenic organisms isolated from clinical material, [1987-1988] and changes in their pattern

ABSTRACT

Susceptibility tests with thirty five different antimicrobials on 1000 isolates of different organisms, isolated between January 1987 and August 1988 showed some important findings when compared with results of similar tests on a series of isolates between 1982 and 1984. Esch. Coli was still the most common organism causing urinary tract infections. Resistance to older antimicrobials had increased and the newer ones were found to be more effective, but in general the organisms had become more resistant to different drugs. Nitrofurantoin had almost the same activity and therefore could still be effectively used in urinary tract infections