Survey of susceptibility of clinical Clostridium diffiicile strains isolated from patients hospitalised in different departments of paediatric hospital to antimicrobial agents
Wultańska, D.; Obuch-Woszczatyński, P.; Pituch, H.; Luczak, Mław.
Medycyna Doswiadczalna i Mikrobiologia 59(2): 161-168
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8601 PMID: 17929413 Document Number: 614608
This study was performed to determine the susceptibility of 50 C. difficile strains isolated from faecal samples of children suspected to antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) to antimicrobial agents: metronidazole, vancomycin, erythromycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, moxifloksacin, gatifloksacin and imipenem. The all C. difficile strains were sensitived to metronidazole and vancomycin. Twenty six per cent of strains were resistant to erythromycin and clindamycin (MLS(B) type resistance). Resitance to ciprofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin and imipenem was detected in 98%, 8%, 8% and 30% of C. difficile strains, respectively.