Antibiotic resistance of faecal Escherichia coli from healthy volunteers from eight developing countries
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant faecal Escherichia coli from adult volunteers from urban (U) areas in Kenya, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines, and non-urban (NU) locations in Curaçao, Mexico, Venezuela, Ghana, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. Methods: Faecal samples of...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2004-11, Vol.54 (5), p.952-955 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant faecal Escherichia coli from adult volunteers from urban (U) areas in Kenya, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines, and non-urban (NU) locations in Curaçao, Mexico, Venezuela, Ghana, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. Methods: Faecal samples of adult volunteers (n=1290) were analysed in one laboratory for the presence of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli using Eosin Methylene Blue agar plates containing, respectively, ampicillin, oxytetracycline, cefazolin, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim at breakpoint concentrations. Results: The mean age of the volunteers was ∼35 years; most of them were female. Ciprofloxacin resistance was in the range 1%–63%: the highest percentages were found in the urban populations of Asia and South America. In Peru and the Philippines (U and NU), the prevalence of gentamicin resistance was >20%. Cefazolin resistance was the highest in the urban Philippines (25%). Higher prevalences for ampicillin, oxytetracycline and trimethoprim were found for urban areas compared with non-urban ones of Asia, Africa and South America, respectively (P |
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ISSN: | 0305-7453 1460-2091 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkh448 |