title: Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for recent clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria in South Korea.
abstract: We determined the antimicrobial susceptibilities of 255 clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria collected in 2007 and 2008 at a tertiary-care hospital in South Korea. Piperacillin-tazobactam, cefoxitin, imipenem, and meropenem were highly active beta-lactam agents against most of the isolates tested. The rates of resistance of Bacteroides fragilis group organisms and anaerobic gram-positive cocci to moxifloxacin were 11 to 18% and 0 to 27%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yangsoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yongjung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Myung Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dongeun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Seok Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Kyungwon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yunsop
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000187:drug effects; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin