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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-8-13
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pubmed:abstractText |
Twenty-two laboratories in England and Scotland sent 2212 clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae to The London Hospital Medical College (LHMC) between 1 January and 31 March 1991. After confirmation of identity, the prevalence of resistance was determined and compared with results from previous similar surveys. beta-Lactamase was produced by 8.3% of non-capsulate isolates and 21% of 52 type b isolates; both figures were higher than the 6% and 18% figures recorded, respectively, in 1986. There was an increase in the prevalence of non-beta-lactamase-mediated diminished susceptibility to ampicillin (5.8%) and co-amoxiclav (6.1%) compared with 1986 (4%). Whereas fewer H. influenzae isolates were resistant to tetracycline (1.4%) or chloramphenicol (0.8%), there was an increase in resistance to trimethoprim (6.8%) and to sulphamethoxazole (16.9%) compared with 1986 (4.2% and 3.5% respectively). In addition, 95 isolates (4.3%) were resistant to both of these anti-folate antimicrobials. Six isolates (one type b from CSF) were resistant to all drugs tested, except for co-amoxiclav. Overall, the results demonstrated that changes have occurred in the last decade in England and Scotland, such that H. influenzae isolates are increasingly likely to be resistant to ampicillin, co-amoxiclav and co-trimoxazole.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0305-7453
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
29
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
547-54
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Chloramphenicol Resistance,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Drug Resistance, Microbial,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Haemophilus influenzae,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Respiratory Tract Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Sulfamethoxazole,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Tetracycline Resistance,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-Trimethoprim Resistance,
pubmed-meshheading:1624392-beta-Lactamases
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pubmed:year |
1992
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Antimicrobial resistance in Haemophilus influenzae from England and Scotland in 1991.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medical Microbiology, London Hospital Medical College, UK.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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