| Literature DB >> 10905975 |
I N Okeke1, S T Fayinka, A Lamikanra.
Abstract
We tested 758 fecal Escherichia coli isolates, recovered from Nigerian students in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, and 1998, for susceptibility to seven antimicrobial drugs. The prevalences of strains resistant to tetracycline, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and streptomycin were 9% to 35% in 1986 and 56% to 100% in 1998. These findings demonstrate that resistance gene reservoirs are increasing in healthy persons.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10905975 PMCID: PMC2640895 DOI: 10.3201/eid0604.009913
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883