Metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides fragilis wound infection.
We report the isolation of metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides fragilis from a post-operative wound abscess in a 72-year-old woman who had not been treated with metronidazole during the preceding 9 months. The case illustrates the need for caution when identifying anaerobes on the basis of metronidazole sensitivity.
O'Donoghue
M A
MA
Microbiology Department, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, U.K.
Potter
J
J
Allen
K D
KD
D000368:Aged; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
D008795:Metronidazole