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Relationship between hospital antibiotic use and quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Éric Batard,
Florence Ollivier,
D. Boutoille,
Jean-Benoît Hardouin,
Emmanuel Montassier,
J. Caillon,
Françoise Ballereau
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.10.005
Subject(s) - cephalosporin , quinolone , medicine , antibiotics , incidence (geometry) , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , optics
The relationship between the hospital use of various classes of antibiotics and resistance of Escherichia coli to quinolones remains debated. Our aim was to study the relationship between the hospital use of 16 classes of antibacterial agents and the incidence of quinolone-resistant E. coli isolates.

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