Antimicrobial Resistance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Children under the Age of 5 Years from Ifakara, Tanzania

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - Tập 43 Số 12 - Trang 3022-3024 - 1999
Jordi Vilà1, Martha Vargas1, Climent Casals‐Pascual1, Honorato Urassa2, Hassan Mshinda2, David Schellemberg2, Joaquím Gascón1
1Departament de Microbiologia, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pı́ i Sunyer), Barcelona 08036, Spain,1and
2Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, National Institute for Medical Research, Ifakara, Tanzania2

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ABSTRACT

Diarrhea caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria is an important public health problem among children in developing countries. The prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in 346 children under 5 years of age in Ifakara, Tanzania, were studied. Thirty-eight percent of the cases of diarrhea were due to multiresistant enterotoxigenic E. coli , enteroaggregative E. coli , or enteropathogenic E. coli . Strains of all three E. coli categories showed high-level resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, co-trimoxazole, and chloramphenicol but were highly susceptible to quinolones. Guidelines for appropriate use of antibiotics in developing countries need updating.

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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Tập 43 Số 12

3022-3024

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