https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/188073
Title: | High Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance of Common Pathogenic Bacteria in Taiwan | Authors: | CHANG, SHAN-CHWEN HSIEH, WEI-CHUAN |
Keywords: | STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE;STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS;UNITED-STATES;ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE;VANCOMYCIN;ENTEROCOCCI | Issue Date: | 2000 | Journal Volume: | v.36 | Journal Issue: | n.2 | Start page/Pages: | 107-112 | Source: | DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE | Abstract: | We analyzed the antimicrobial susceptibilities of all clinical isolates of 14 common pathogenic bacteria recovered from patients in eight medical centers in Taiwan during 1995 and 1996. Susceptibility to commonly used antimicrobial agents was tested by the disk diffusion method as recommendated by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Of the Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 59.3% and 62% were oxacillin- resistant in 1995 and 1996, respectively, whereas 63.2% of the coagulase- negative staphylococci isolates during the study period were oxacillin- resistant. The rate of penicillin-resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates was 39.7% in 1995 and 53. 7% in 1996. Macrolide- resistance was found in 71.4%, 42.1%, and 46.7% of S. pneumoniae, beta- hemolytic streptococci, and viridans streptococci, respectively, in 1996. Less than 2% of the enterococcal isolates were vancomycin resistant, but 77% of them were gentamicin resistant. Resistance to gentamicin was also common in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Various degrees of resistance to ampicillin, piperacillin, cephalosporins, aztreonam, and ciprofloxacin were detected in Enterobacteriaceae, P. aeruginosa, and A. baumannii. More than 55% of Haemophilus influenzae isolates were ampicillin resistant. In summary, resistance to many antimicrobial agents in various common pathogenic bacteria is very common in Taiwan. Our results implicate that antibiotic resistance in the developing countries need to be monitored closely. (C ) 2000 Elsevier Science inc. All rights reserved. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/95117 |
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