Antibiotic susceptibility of 206 Haemophilus influenzae isolates collected from children in central Italy

Eur J Epidemiol. 1994 Dec;10(6):699-702. doi: 10.1007/BF01719284.

Abstract

Susceptibility of 206 H. influenzae isolates was evaluated by disk diffusion method for 11 antimicrobial agents. No isolates were found to be resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Four untypable isolates (1.9%) were beta-lactamase producing ampicillin-resistant; one of these was also resistant to chloramphenicol. The rate of resistance against rifampin was 0.5 percent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amoxicillin / pharmacology
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
  • Ampicillin Resistance
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cephalosporin Resistance
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chloramphenicol / pharmacology
  • Chloramphenicol Resistance
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Clavulanic Acids / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / pharmacology
  • Gentamicins / pharmacology
  • Haemophilus Infections / microbiology*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / classification
  • Haemophilus influenzae / drug effects*
  • Haemophilus influenzae / enzymology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Italy
  • Serotyping
  • beta-Lactam Resistance
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Clavulanic Acids
  • Gentamicins
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Chloramphenicol
  • Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
  • Amoxicillin
  • beta-Lactamases