title: Antibiotic susceptibilities of Yersinia enterocolitica recovered from children over a 12-year period.
abstract: Antibiotic susceptibility testing by the microdilution technique was performed on 184 Yersinia enterocolitica isolates recovered from children with gastroenteritis in the Detroit area during a 12-year period. The majority of isolates were resistant to ampicillin, ticarcillin and cefazolin. The most active agents were cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, cefepime, gentamicin, tobramycin, sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim, imipenem and ciprofloxacin. Cefotaxime and ceftriaxone were effective in the treatment of bacteraemia in 12 patients.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Division of Infectious Diseases, 3901 Beaubien Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. nabdel@dmc.org
authors.forename: Nahed M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Abdel-Haq
authors.forename: Raluca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Papadopol
authors.forename: Basim I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Asmar
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents