1. Serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae.
- Author
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Hussey G, Hitchcock J, Hanslo D, Coetzee G, Van Schalkwyk E, Pitout J, and Schaaf H
- Subjects
- Adult, Arthritis microbiology, Cefotaxime pharmacology, Cellulitis microbiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Erythromycin pharmacology, Haemophilus Infections epidemiology, Haemophilus influenzae enzymology, Humans, Meningitis microbiology, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Pneumonia microbiology, Respiratory System microbiology, Serotyping, South Africa epidemiology, beta-Lactamases metabolism, Haemophilus influenzae classification, Haemophilus influenzae drug effects
- Abstract
During a one year prospective study of Haemophilus influenzae infections in patients treated in hospitals in the metropolitan area of Cape Town. H. influenzae type b accounted for 81.7% of 126 invasive isolates, whereas 86.1% of the 280 non-invasive isolates were non-typeable. Ampicillin resistance was detected among 10.8% of strains of which all but one produced beta-lactamase. All strains were susceptible to cefotaxime as were more than 95% to chloramphenicol, rifampicin, tetracycline but 20.4% were resistant to co-trimoxazole and 87.2% to erythromycin.
- Published
- 1994
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