INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL FACTORS IN RESISTANCE OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-UREALYTICUM TO ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Authors
GARCIABRAVO M AGUADO JM MORALES JM NORIEGA AR
Citation
M. Garciabravo et al., INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL FACTORS IN RESISTANCE OF CORYNEBACTERIUM-UREALYTICUM TO ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 40(2), 1996, pp. 497-499
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
497 - 499
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1996)40:2<497:IOEFIR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Corynebacterium urealyticum is usually resistant to multiple antibioti cs. We analyzed whether previous hospitalization and/or the use of ant ibiotics mas a factor associated with the appearance of resistance to different antibiotics in C. urealyticum. Our findings suggest that res istant strains of C. urealyticum are likely to be acquired directly fr om the hospital environment and that the use of antibiotics in the hos pital setting could favor the appearance of multiresistant strains.