title: Antibiotic susceptibility of 206 Haemophilus influenzae isolates collected from children in central Italy.
abstract: Susceptibility of 206 H. influenzae isolates was evaluated by disk diffusion method for 11 antimicrobial agents. No isolates were found to be resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Four untypable isolates (1.9%) were beta-lactamase producing ampicillin-resistant; one of these was also resistant to chloramphenicol. The rate of resistance against rifampin was 0.5 percent.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mencarelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sansoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossolini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cellesi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000668:Ampicillin Resistance; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018550:Cephalosporin Resistance; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D012703:Serotyping; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D005839:Gentamicins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D000658:Amoxicillin; D001618:beta-Lactamases