RESISTANCE TO CIPROFLOXACIN IN PATHOGENIC ENTEROBACTERIACEAE IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1996

Citation
Ej. Threlfall et al., RESISTANCE TO CIPROFLOXACIN IN PATHOGENIC ENTEROBACTERIACEAE IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1996, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 50(12), 1997, pp. 1027-1028
Citations number
10
ISSN journal
00219746
Volume
50
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1027 - 1028
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(1997)50:12<1027:RTCIPE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In 1996, 6% of Escherichia coli from extraintestinal infections were r esistant to ciprofloxacin with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs ) greater than or equal to 2 mg/l (high level resistance). Low level r esistance (MIG 0.125-1 mg/l) was also identified in 7% of Salmonella t yphi, 4% of S paratyphi A, and 4% of non-typhoidal salmonellas. Howeve r, resistance to ciprofloxacin was rarely identified in shigellas. For E coli, physicians should be aware that treatment occur when patients with illness are treated with ciprofloxacin before the results of lab oratory sensitivity tests are available. For salmonellas an increasing number of treatment failures have been recorded for patients infected with strains with low level resistance. Because of the increasing inc idence of Enterobacteriaceae with low level resistance to ciprofloxaci n, it is recommended that for this group of organisms a breakpoint of 0.125 mg/l should be included in laboratory sensitivity tests.