Epidemiology of drug resistance: the case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections
Salud pública Méx
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44(2): 108-112, mar.-apr. 2002.
Artigo
em Inglês
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:
To study the activity of several antibiotics against Staphylococcus spp. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The study included 1209 strains of Staphylococcus spp. from two institutions; Instituto Nacional de PediatrÝa (National Institute of Pediatrics) and Hospital Infantil de MÚxico Federico Gómez (Mexico City Children's Hospital). Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of all antibiotics were determined by the agar macrodilution technique and standard methods from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.RESULTS:
Resistance of S. aureus was 14.2 and that of coagulase-negative staphylococci was 53.4. The activity of different antibiotics is presented in detail.CONCLUSIONS:
Surveillance of strains resistant to methicillin is necessary. The English version of this paper is available too at http//www.insp.mx/salud/index.html.
Texto completo:
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Staphylococcus
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Infecção Hospitalar
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Salud pública Méx
Assunto da revista:
Saúde Pública
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
México
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez/MX
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