Antimicrobial resistance patterns in urinary isolates from nursing home residents. Fifteen years of data reviewed | Zendy

M. Vromen | Zendy; A. J. A. M. van der Ven | Zendy; A. Knols | Zendy; M. E. E. Stobberingh | Zendy

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Antimicrobial resistance patterns in urinary isolates from nursing home residents. Fifteen years of data reviewed

Author(s) -

M. Vromen,

A. J. A. M. van der Ven,

A. Knols,

M. E. E. Stobberingh

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/44.1.113

Subject(s) - nitrofurantoin , norfloxacin , microbiology and biotechnology , proteus , medicine , urinary system , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , nursing homes , antimicrobial , escherichia coli , nursing , biology , ciprofloxacin , biochemistry , gene

The antibiotic resistance patterns of gram-negative bacteria isolated from nursing home patients between 1983 and 1997 were analysed. Escherichia coli was the most prevalent isolate (48%) followed by Proteus spp. (26%) and other Enterobacteriaceae (20%). During the study period, the susceptibility of E. coli decreased for co-trimoxazole (79% to 62%), increased for nitrofurantoin (79% to 91%) and remained unchanged for amoxycillin (41%). Susceptibility to norfloxacin, available from 1990, decreased from 87% to 71%. Similar trends were observed when the susceptibilities of all gram-negative urinary pathogens were combined. The changes in susceptibility can probably be attributed to the empirical prescribing practices in the nursing homes studied.

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