Drug-resistant Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli, Mexico

Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli isolates from 45 (73%) of 62 hospitalized patients were resistant to common antimicrobial drugs. Sixty-two percent were multidrug resistant, and >70% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime were uniformly active....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Estrada-García, Teresa, Cerna, Jorge F., Paheco-Gil, Leova, Velázquez, Raúl F., Ochoa, Theresa J., Torres, Javier, DuPont, Herbert L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3320511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16102327
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.050192
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Sumario:Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli isolates from 45 (73%) of 62 hospitalized patients were resistant to common antimicrobial drugs. Sixty-two percent were multidrug resistant, and >70% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime were uniformly active. Effective and safe oral agents are needed to treat children with bacterial diarrhea.

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