Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections
Objective. To study the activity of several antibiotics against Staphylococcus spp. Material and Methods. The study included 1209 strains of Staphylococcus spp. from two institutions; Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (National Institute of Pediatrics) and Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (M...
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doaj-271e051e950442f4a4e4bb504fa3507a2020-11-24T23:12:12ZengInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaSalud Pública de México0036-36342002-01-01442108112Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infectionsCalderón-Jaimes ErnestoEspinosa de los Monteros Luz EAvila-Beltrán RenataObjective. To study the activity of several antibiotics against Staphylococcus spp. Material and Methods. The study included 1209 strains of Staphylococcus spp. from two institutions; Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (National Institute of Pediatrics) and Hospital Infantil de México 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.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342002000200004drug resistancemicrobialStaphylococcus aureuscoagulase-negative Staphylococcusantimicrobial susceptibilitymethicillin-resistant staphylococciMexico |
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Calderón-Jaimes Ernesto Espinosa de los Monteros Luz E Avila-Beltrán Renata Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections Salud Pública de México drug resistance microbial Staphylococcus aureus coagulase-negative Staphylococcus antimicrobial susceptibility methicillin-resistant staphylococci Mexico |
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Calderón-Jaimes Ernesto Espinosa de los Monteros Luz E Avila-Beltrán Renata |
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Calderón-Jaimes Ernesto |
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Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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Epidemiology of drug resistance: The case of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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epidemiology of drug resistance: the case of staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci infections |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
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Salud Pública de México |
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2002-01-01 |
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Objective. To study the activity of several antibiotics against Staphylococcus spp. Material and Methods. The study included 1209 strains of Staphylococcus spp. from two institutions; Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (National Institute of Pediatrics) and Hospital Infantil de México 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. |
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drug resistance microbial Staphylococcus aureus coagulase-negative Staphylococcus antimicrobial susceptibility methicillin-resistant staphylococci Mexico |
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