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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2006, p. 374-378, Vol. 50, No. 1
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.50.1.374-378.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Multicenter Antimicrobial Susceptibility Survey of Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Community-Acquired Infections in the People's Republic of China

Thomas K. W. Ling,1* Jianhui Xiong,2 Yunsong Yu,3 Ching Ching Lee,1 Huifen Ye,4 Peter M. Hawkey,2 The MK0826 China Study Group

Department of Microbiology, The Prince of Wales Hospital and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,1 Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom,2 Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China,3 Microbiology, The First Municipal People's Hospital of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China4

Received 15 June 2005/ Returned for modification 12 August 2005/ Accepted 17 October 2005

A survey of 2,099 gram-negative bacilli from community infections at seven centers in the People's Republic of China is reported. The rates of resistance of 1,615 isolates of the family Enterobacteriaceae were as follows: 40.8% for ciprofloxacin, 32.2% for gentamicin, 0% for imipenem or ertapenem, and 14.7% for cefotaxime. The rates of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase production were 16% for Escherichia coli and 17% for Klebsiella.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China. Phone: 852-26322307. Fax: 852-26451256. E-mail: lingt{at}cuhk.edu.hk.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, January 2006, p. 374-378, Vol. 50, No. 1
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.50.1.374-378.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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