Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolated from Healthy Volunteers of the Community.
- Author:
Jae Mann LEE
1
;
Kyoung Wha HWANG
;
Seung JEGAL
Author Information
1. Incheon Institute of Health and Environment, Incheon, Korea. hkwha@naver.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Antimicrobial resistance;
E. coli;
Surveillance
- MeSH:
Ampicillin;
Bacteria;
Drug Resistance, Multiple;
Escherichia coli*;
Escherichia*;
Healthy Volunteers*;
Incheon;
Nalidixic Acid;
Prevalence;
Streptomycin;
Tetracycline;
Ticarcillin
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2007;10(1):32-36
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: We monitored the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and the pattern of multiple drug resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from healthy people in the community. METHODS: We performed antimicrobial susceptibility testing on 491 isolates of E. coli from 692 healthy people in Incheon from February to July in 2006. The results were interpreted according to the CLSI guidelines. RESULTS: The highest rate of resistance was observed against tetracycline (46.6%), ampicillin (41.1%), ticarcillin (37.9%), streptomycin (31.0%), and nalidixic acid (23.6%). Twenty six percent of isolates were observed to be resistant to five or more of the antimicrobials tested. CONCLUSION: In order to maintain a low level of antimicrobial use and resistance, the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in the community would be very important, as it provides epidemical data to set up and control antibiotic guidelines and serves as an early warning for resistance in pathogenic bacteria.
