Two cases of infections due to multidrug-resistant Bacteroides fragilis group strains.
Bacteroides fragilis group strains are still considered susceptible to most antimicrobial agents used for the treatment of infections caused by anaerobic organisms. We describe two cases of infections due to isolates simultaneously resistant to clindamycin, tetracycline, cefoxitin, piperacillin-tazobactam, and imipenem and, in one of the two cases, to metronidazole. Such infections, although still rare, do exist and tend to complicate treatment.
Katsandri
Anastasia
A
Department of Microbiology, Laikon General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Papaparaskevas
Joseph
J
Pantazatou
Angeliki
A
Petrikkos
Georgios L
GL
Thomopoulos
Georgios
G
Houhoula
Dimitra P
DP
Avlamis
Athina
A
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents