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In vitro susceptibility of quinolone-resistant Enterobacteriaceae uropathogens to fosfomycin trometamol, in Dakar, Senegal.

Nabeth P, Perrier-Gros-Claude JD, Juergens-Behr A, Dromigny JA

Unité d'Epidémiologie, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal. nabeth@pasteur.sn

We conducted a study in order to confirm the eligibility of fosfomycin trometamol as an alternative treatment to quinolones for urinary tract infections. Among 102 quinolone-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains, resistance rates to first line-prescribed antibiotics were above 77%. The resistance rate to fosfomycin was 2%.

Published 13 July 2005 in Scand J Infect Dis, 37(6): 497-9.
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