Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Bacteroides fragilis group organisms in Korea.
10.3349/ymj.1998.39.6.578
- Author:
Kyungwon LEE
1
;
Hee Bong SHIN
;
Yunsop CHONG
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. leekcp@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Bacteroides fragilis group organisms;
antimicrobial resistance pattern
- MeSH:
Bacteroides fragilis/physiology*;
Drug Resistance, Microbial/physiology*;
Human;
Korea;
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1998;39(6):578-586
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of 913 clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis group organisms were monitored during an 8-year period in Korea. In general the resistance rates of the non-fragilis B. fragilis group species were higher than those of B. fragilis for all the drugs tested. The rate of resistance to clindamycin remarkably increased and those to some beta-lactam drugs such as piperacillin and cefotaxime also increased. No isolates were found to be resistant to imipenem, metronidazole, or chloramphenicol. beta-lactam and beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations and cefoxitin were more active than the other beta-lactams. Therefore, these agents may be considered when empirical selection of antimicrobial agents is required to treat severe anaerobic infections.
