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United States geographic bacteria susceptibility patterns. 1997 ASCP Susceptibility Testing Group.

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Published in: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
October 1999

Antimicrobial drug resistance in bacterial pathogens continues, with 1997 seeing reports of Staphylococcus aureus no longer fully susceptible to vancomycin occurring in the United States. To better deal with this rapidly developing problem, we present the third year of United States national data that highlights the geographic nature of increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents. In 1997, we observed increasing numbers of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, more methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and an apparent spreading of penicillin resistance in pneumococci. The majority of reporting sites now indicates that over 20% of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are fully resistant to ciprofloxacin, the only oral agent available for treating this pathogen. With increasing resistance coming at a time of decreasing available resources, it is more clear than ever before that the future of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology remains filled with challenge.

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Published In

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

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ISSN

0732-8893

Publication Date

October 1999

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

143 / 151

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
  • Enterococcus
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Bacteria
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1108 Medical Microbiology
 

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United States geographic bacteria susceptibility patterns. 1997 ASCP Susceptibility Testing Group. (1999). Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 35(2), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00067-x
United States geographic bacteria susceptibility patterns. 1997 ASCP Susceptibility Testing Group.Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 35, no. 2 (October 1999): 143–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00067-x.
United States geographic bacteria susceptibility patterns. 1997 ASCP Susceptibility Testing Group.Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, vol. 35, no. 2, Oct. 1999, pp. 143–51. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0732-8893(99)00067-x.
Journal cover image

Published In

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

DOI

ISSN

0732-8893

Publication Date

October 1999

Volume

35

Issue

2

Start / End Page

143 / 151

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
  • Enterococcus
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Bacteria
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1108 Medical Microbiology