Antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli of human and avian origin--a comparison of wild-type distributions.
In the present study, the antimicrobial susceptibilities of 97 Escherichia coli isolates from birds, and 100 clinical isolates from blood cultures, were determined by disk diffusion. The wild-type distributions were defined by the normalized resistance interpretation method. It is shown that the avian and clinical inhibition zone diameter distributions of wild-type E. coli are indistinguishable.
Sjölund
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M
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden. fwt4@cdc.gov
Bengtsson
S
S
Bonnedahl
J
J
Hernandez
J
J
Olsen
B
B
Kahlmeter
G
G
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents