Antibiotic Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacilli in US Intensive Care Units

Antibiotic resistance among gram-negative bacilli in US intensive care units: implications for fluoroquinolone use.

CONTEXT Previous surveillance studies have documented increasing rates of antimicrobial resistance in US intensive care units (ICUs) in the early 1990s. OBJECTIVES To assess national rates of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative aerobic isolates recovered from ICU patients and to compare these rates to antimicrobial use. DESIGN AND SETTING Participating institutions, representing a ...

CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT Antibiotic Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacilli in US Intensive Care Units Implications for Fluoroquinolone Use

SUSCEPTIBILITY DATA DERIVED from national surveillance can be a barometer for emerging resistance problems. Previously, we published the results of a national intensive care unit (ICU) surveillance study of aerobic gramnegative bacilli collected between 19901993. The study revealed a rising incidence of ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter species in ICUs. The purpose of...

Antimicrobial Resistance among Gram-negative Bacilli

GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLI IN BURNS

In a period of nine months, 225 strains of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from burns were identified by a variety of tests in two burn centers in Tehran. The most common species were Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter agglomerans, Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Many strains of acinetobacter spp, providencia spp, proteus spp, ser...

Antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacilli: a Singapore perspective.

INTRODUCTION Antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacilli is an area of increasing importance. This prospective study was performed to survey antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. over a 1-year period. MATERIALS AND METHODS Non-duplicate isolates of E. coli, Klebsiella spp., P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. we...