title: Activities of oral antibiotics on Providencia strains isolated from institutionalized elderly patients with urinary tract infections.
abstract: More than 250 Providencia strains isolated from the urine of institutionalized elderly patients were tested against cefaclor, cefuroxime, cefetamet, cefpodoxime, ciprofloxacin, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Our results confirm the strong activities of expanded-spectrum oral cephalosporins against Providencia isolates, f1p4ell as the marked differences in susceptibilities among accurately identified Providencia species.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Universitá degli Studi di Verona, Italy. giuseppe@borgoroma.univr.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cornaglia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frugoni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzariol
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piacentini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berlusconi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fontana
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011532:Providencia / Q000187:drug effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents