[Urinary infections in patients in the U.S.L. 25 Val di Cornia. Percentage frequency and sensitivity to antibiotics].
In order to estimate the present situation concerning bacterial resistance to a group of widely-used antibiotics, the results of several antibiograms, which were carried out from October 1984 to February 1985 on bacterial stocks isolated from urinary cultures sent to the Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry at the Campiglia Marittima Hospital U.S.L. 25 (Livorno) have been collected. The bacterial species most frequently observed are Gram-negative, namely: Escherichia coli (54%), Proteus (19%), Klebsiella (13%) and Pseudomonas (9%). E. coli turned out to be particularly sensitive to cephotaxim, phosphomicin, nalidixic acid but only slightly to gentamycin. Klebsiella was very sensitive to cephotaxim, gentamycin and amikacin, while Proteus reacted positively against cephotaxim, aztreonam and oxolinic acid. Pseudomonas was resistant to nearly every antibiotic examined, except amikacin and aztreonam. Overall analysis reveals that cephotaxim an aztreonam are the most active on E. coli, Proteus and Klebsiella, while gentamycin is only slightly.
D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*
Infezioni urinarie in pazienti nella U.S.L. 25 Val di Cornia. Frequenza percentuale e sensibilità agli antibiotici.