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Ampicillin-resistant enterococcal species in an acute-care hospital.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 34 ·No. 9 ·1990-09-00 ·Pages 1821-3

Oster SE, Chirurgi VA, Goldberg AA, Aiken S, McCabe RE

Abstract

A prospective review of all enterococcal isolates for 13 months showed that 9.0% were resistant to ampicillin (MIC, greater than or equal to 16 micrograms/ml; zone diameter, less than 15 mm), as determined by the Vitek system, disk diffusion, microdilution MIC testing, and macrodilution MIC testing. All were beta-lactamase negative. A total of 19 and 3 resistant isolates were from urine and intravascular sites, respectively. Ampicillin-resistant enterococci appear to be a growing clinical problem.

MeSH Terms
Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Ampicillin Resistance/physiology Cross Infection/microbiology Drug Resistance, Microbial Female Gentamicins/pharmacology Humans Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbiological Techniques Middle Aged Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy Streptococcus/drug effects,physiology beta-Lactamases/biosynthesis
Chemicals
Gentamicins beta-Lactamases
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Oster S E
Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, California 94553.
Chirurgi V A
Goldberg A A
Aiken S
McCabe R E
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.34.9.1821
Published
1990-09-00
Pages
1821-3
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC171938
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.9.1821 PMC Full Text View journal details
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