Drug-resistant diarrheogenic Escherichia coli, Mexico

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Aug;11(8):1306-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1108.050192.

Abstract

Diarrheogenic Escherichia coli isolates from 45 (73%) of 62 hospitalized patients were resistant to common antimicrobial drugs. Sixty-two percent were multidrug resistant, and >70% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and ampicillin. Ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime were uniformly active. Effective and safe oral agents are needed to treat children with bacterial diarrhea.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mexico
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial