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Antimicrobial resistance of fecal aerobic gram-negative bacilli in different age groups in a community
T Leistevuo1, J Leistevuo, M Osterblad
1Antimicrobial Research Laboratory, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland. tiilei@utu.fi.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
We measured the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in fecal aerobic gram-negative bacilli by age in community subjects. For none of the eight antimicrobial agents studied were there any statistically significant differences in the carriage rates of resistance in different age groups. Bacterial resistance was common in all age groups, including the children, and occurred for all antimicrobial agents tested.