title: A Canadian national surveillance study of urinary tract isolates from outpatients: comparison of the activities of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, mecillinam, nitrofurantoin, and ciprofloxacin. The Canadian Urinary Isolate Study Group.
abstract: Ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, mecillinam, nitrofurantoin, and ciprofloxacin mean resistance rates for 2,000 urinary tract isolates collected from outpatients across Canada in 1998 were 41.1, 19.2, 14.7, 5.0, and 1.8%, respectively. For Escherichia coli isolates alone (n = 1,681) comparable rates were 41. 0, 18.9, 7.4, 0.1, and 1.2%, respectively. The majority of E. coli isolates resistant to ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or ciprofloxacin were susceptible (MIC, <16 microg/ml) to mecillinam.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba, Canada. ggzhanel@pcs.mb.ca
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Zhanel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Karlowsky
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazzulli
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hoban
mesh_terms: D000560:Amdinocillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009582:Nitrofurantoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000494:pharmacology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000892:Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary; D010406:Penicillins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D000667:Ampicillin; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D009582:Nitrofurantoin; D000560:Amdinocillin