title: In vitro antimicrobial sensitivity of staphylococci isolated in the Santa Cruz region of Bolivia.
abstract: The in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of staphylococci isolated in two different communities, Camiri and Javillo, of the Santa Cruz region in south-eastern Bolivia was tested by the agar diffusion technique and by a micro dilution susceptibility test to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations. Staphylococcal strains isolated from hospital staff of the Camiri Hospital were compared to that isolated from healthy people of Javillo, a very small community isolated in the jungle. In the Camiri Hospital, staphylococci showed a high prevalence of penicillin resistance, 100% for S. aureus strains and 73.5% for coagulase-negative staphylococci. Among coagulase-negative strains we found a high rate of multiresistant strains, mainly to ampicillin, tetracycline and chloramphenicol. In the rural population of Javillo we found staphylococcal strains highly susceptible to all the antibiotics tested.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Malattie Infettive, Università di Firenze, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roselli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aquilini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gamboa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paradisi
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla / Q000382:microbiology; D001838:Bolivia; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D010502:Perineum / Q000382:microbiology; D012424:Rural Population; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014505:Urban Population