Antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms recovered from intraabdominal infections at Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
We evaluated antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of microorganisms isolated from intraabdominal infection of Brazilian patients, by agar dilution, agar diffusion, and E test. Among the strictly anaerobes, 57.7% were resistant to penicillin, 28.2% to clindamycin, and 9.9% to metronidazole. The majority of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus were sensitive and resistant to almost all drugs, respectively. Half of Candida samples were resistant to itraconazole. Our data reinforce the importance of this kind of study to support rational antimicrobial therapy.
dos Santos
Simone Gonçalves
SG
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
de Carvalho
Maria Auxiliadora Roque
MA
Serufo
José Carlos
JC
Pinto-Silva
Rogério Augusto
RA
Albuquerque
Walton
W
Rosa
Reinaldo Vieira
RV
Pires
Andrea de Fátima Barbosa
Ade F
Hahn
Rosane Christine
RC
Hamdan
Júnia Soares
JS
Nicoli
Jacques Robert
JR
Farias
Luiz de Macêdo
Lde M
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D026141:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Fungal; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents