Open AccessThe influence of antibiotic treatment on resistance patterns of coliform bacilli in childhood urinary-tract infection
Author(s) -
R. N. Grüneberg,
Elizabeth Shaw
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-9-2-233
Subject(s) - bacilli , microbiology and biotechnology , flora (microbiology) , feces , antibiotics , biology , population , urinary system , coliform bacteria , fecal coliform , bacteria , medicine , environmental health , ecology , genetics , water quality , endocrinology
The occurrence of coliform bacilli carrying resistance-transfer factors (R factors) in children was studied. The frequency of R+ coliform bacilli as causes of urinary-tract infection acquired outside hospital was found to be similar to that in adults from the same geographical area and in the same years. The frequency of R+ coliform bacilli in the faeces in our children was also similar to that in the adult population, and oral chemotherapy produced similar changes in the faecal flora.