In vitro activity of 11 antibiotics against 74 anaerobes isolated from pediatric intra-abdominal infections |
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Authors: | Goldstein Ellie J C Citron Diane M Vaidya Sagar A Warren Yumi A Tyrrell Kerin L Vreni Merriam C Fernandez Helen |
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Affiliation: | R.M. Alden Research Laboratory, 2021 Santa Monica Blvd, # 740E, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. ejcgmd@aol.com |
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Abstract: | The in vitro activity of 11 antimicrobials was tested against 74 recent anaerobic isolates obtained from pretreatment cultures in pediatric patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections using the CLSI M11-A-6 agar dilution method. Carbapenems, beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations and metronidazole retained good activity, while all Bacteroides fragilis group species produced beta-lactamase and were penicillin resistant and 43% were either intermediately susceptible or resistant to clindamycin. Cefoxitin had moderate activity against B. fragilis but poor activity against Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and other B. fragilis group isolates. |
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