title: Survey of the phenotypes of susceptibility to beta-lactams in Enterobacteriaceae at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital.
abstract: The phenotypes of susceptibility to ampicillin, carbenicillin, cephalothin, cefamandole, cefoxitin and cefotaxime were determined by the disc-diffusion method in 10,994 Enterobacteriaceae consecutively isolated from in-patients during 18 months. The susceptible phenotypes were much more frequent among Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis and Klebsiella (67.4 to 84.8%) than among Serratia, Enterobacter and Citrobacter (8.8 to 35.5%). In all species the most common resistance phenotypes were to ampicillin and carbenicillin: E. coli (28%), Pr. mirabilis (15.2%), Klebsiella (23.8%), indole-positive Proteus (33.3%), Serratia (74.4%), Enterobacter (61.4%) and Citrobacter (74.8%). Among E. coli 4.6% of the strains were resistant to ampicillin and cephalothin but susceptible to carbenicillin. Among E. coli, Pr. mirabilis and Klebsiella the strains susceptible only to cefotaxime represented 0.3 to 5% and no cefotaxime-resistant strain was isolated; whereas among Serratia, Enterobacter and Citrobacter the former represented 28.3 to 58.3% and the latter 7.5 to 18.5%. Some important differences in the distribution of the phenotypes according to the type of ward were observed.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010641:Phenotype; D047090:beta-Lactams
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D047090:beta-Lactams