Article
Characteristics of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Washington State, 1984-1991.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 1994
Kim H H, Samadpour M, Grimm L, Clausen C R, Besser T E, Baylor M, Kobayashi J M, Neill M A, Schoenknecht F D, Tarr P I
Abstract excerpt
The resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime, cephalothin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, tetracycline, ticarcillin, tobramycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was examined, and resistant strains were characterized. All 56 isolates collected between 1984 and 1987 were susceptible to all...
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Feces
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
