The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in human faecal flora in South Africa.
Epidemiol Infect
; 111(2): 221-8, 1993 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-8405150
ABSTRACT
Between January and March 1992, 361 faecal specimens were collected from the healthy black population in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. Each specimen was examined for the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in commensal bacteria. Volunteers, from both rural and urban dwellings, were divided into four age groups. The overall carriage rate of resistance varied from 88.6% for ampicillin, 74.2% for trimethoprim, 52.6% for chloramphenicol, 10.2% for nalidixic acid to 7.5% for gentamicin. The carriage of resistance found to each individual antimicrobial agent was slightly higher in the rural population rather than the urban population but there was no correlation between the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and the age group.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos
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Portador Sadio
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Enterobacteriaceae
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Infecções por Enterobacteriaceae
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Fezes
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article