Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3395898 | Anaerobe | 2006 | 4 Pages |
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, ββ-lactamase inhibitor combinations and metronidazole retained good activity, while all Bacteroides fragilis group species produced ββ-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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Authors
Ellie J.C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, Sagar A. Vaidya, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, C Vreni Merriam, Helen Fernandez,