Increased resistance to quinolone in Catalonia, Spain

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1993 Feb;16(2):137-9. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(93)90009-v.

Abstract

From 1989 to 1991, the level of resistance to ciprofloxacin in our hospital increased from 0.47% to 6.7% in opportunistic Enterobacteriaceae, from 9.9% to 16% in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and from 8.27% to 31.8% in Campylobacter jejuni-coli. We also observed an increase in quinolone consumption from 1.1 in 1989 to 1.5 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in 1991.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Campylobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Spain
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin