title: Antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli of human and avian origin--a comparison of wild-type distributions.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden. fwt4@cdc.gov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sjölund
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonnedahl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahlmeter
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents