Activities of oral antibiotics on Providencia strains isolated from institutionalized elderly patients with urinary tract infections

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Dec;39(12):2819-21. doi: 10.1128/AAC.39.12.2819.

Abstract

More than 250 Providencia strains isolated from the urine of institutionalized elderly patients were tested against cefaclor, cefuroxime, cefetamet, cefpodoxime, ciprofloxacin, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Our results confirm the strong activities of expanded-spectrum oral cephalosporins against Providencia isolates, f1p4ell as the marked differences in susceptibilities among accurately identified Providencia species.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Institutionalization
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Providencia / drug effects*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents