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. 2004 Nov;32(7):414-6.
doi: 10.1016/S019665530400447X.

Antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms recovered from intraabdominal infections at Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Simone Gonçalves dos Santos  1 , Maria Auxiliadora Roque de Carvalho, José Carlos Serufo, Rogério Augusto Pinto-Silva, Walton Albuquerque, Reinaldo Vieira Rosa, Andrea de Fátima Barbosa Pires, Rosane Christine Hahn, Júnia Soares Hamdan, Jacques Robert Nicoli, Luiz de Macêdo Farias
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Antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms recovered from intraabdominal infections at Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Simone Gonçalves dos Santos et al. Am J Infect Control. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

We evaluated antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of microorganisms isolated from intraabdominal infection of Brazilian patients, by agar dilution, agar diffusion, and E test. Among the strictly anaerobes, 57.7% were resistant to penicillin, 28.2% to clindamycin, and 9.9% to metronidazole. The majority of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus were sensitive and resistant to almost all drugs, respectively. Half of Candida samples were resistant to itraconazole. Our data reinforce the importance of this kind of study to support rational antimicrobial therapy.

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