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Antibiotic susceptibility of blood culture isolates of anaerobic bacteria at a Norwegian university hospital
Author(s) -
KOMMEDAL ØYVIND,
NYSTAD TONE WIKENE,
BØLSTAD BENTE,
DIGRANES ASBJØRN
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_537.x
Subject(s) - imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , clindamycin , anaerobic bacteria , piperacillin , bacteroides , penicillin , antibiotics , peptostreptococcus , bacteria , benzylpenicillin , biology , metronidazole , medicine , antibiotic resistance , genetics , pseudomonas aeruginosa
In the present study the susceptibility of 200 blood culture isolates of anaerobic bacteria to benzylpenicillin, clindamycin, metronidazole, imipenem and piperacillin‐tazobactam was examined. Metronidazole, imipenem, and piperacillin‐tazobactam showed the highest activity, with 98.5% of the isolates being fully susceptible to either agent. A high rate of reduced susceptibility to clindamycin among both Bacteroides spp . (37%) and Clostridium spp. (28%) was found. Almost all Bacteroides isolates were resistant to penicillin, and only 60% of Prevotella spp. were susceptible to this agent. The antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria in Norway should be surveyed regularly.