title: Metronidazole-resistant Bacteroides fragilis wound infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, U.K.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole