Drug Resistance
Researchers from Children's Memorial Health Institute report on findings in drug resistance in children
Published in Drug Week, March 9th, 2007
New research, "Increase of imipenem resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a Polish paediatric hospital (1993-2002)," is the subject of a report. "Analysis of the in vitro activity of imipenem and 13 other antibiotics against 2485 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates obtained from clinical specimens from children hospitalized during 1993-2002 was performed. In 2002, the percentage of P. aeruginosa isolates susceptible to all tested antibiotics, with the exception of imipenem, increased or remained on nearly the same level as in 1993," investigators in Warsaw, Poland report.
"An increase of resistance to imipenem from 4.3% to 18.3% was observed....
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Source: Drug Week (2007-03-09)
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