Padrão de Resistência aos Antibióticos entre Cepas de Serratia Marcescens Isoladas de Pacientes Imunossuprimidos

Authors

  • Luiz Eduardo Bermudez Divisão de Doenças infecciosas. Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA). Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
  • Eraldo Vidal Laboratório de Bacteriologia. Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA). Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.1985v31n4.3360

Keywords:

Immunossupresed Patients, Serratia, Nosocomial Infections, Bacterial Resistance

Abstract

Antimicrobial susceptibility of 47 strains of Serratia from immunossupresed patients, was studied by using disk sensitivity. Most of the strains were resistant to ampicillin, carbenicillin and chloramphenicol. Cephalotin was active only against 26% of the strains. Among the tested drugs, amikacin, tobramycin, gentamicin and colistin were active against the tested strains.

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Published

2023-08-07

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Bermudez LE, Vidal E. Padrão de Resistência aos Antibióticos entre Cepas de Serratia Marcescens Isoladas de Pacientes Imunossuprimidos. Rev. Bras. Cancerol. [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 7 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];31(4):255-7. Available from: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/3360

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