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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2009, p. 1285-1286, Vol. 53, No. 3
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01188-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antibiotic Resistance in Urinary Isolates of Escherichia coli from College Women with Urinary Tract Infections{triangledown}

Ronald P. Olson,1* Lizzie J. Harrell,2 and Keith S. Kaye3,{dagger}

Duke Student Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina,1 Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Pathology, and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina,2 Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina3

Received 6 September 2008/ Returned for modification 2 October 2008/ Accepted 12 December 2008

Of 176 urine isolates from female students positive for Escherichia coli, 29.6% were trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant and none were nitrofurantoin resistant. Among students with a history of urinary tract infection (UTI) (n = 119), resistance to ciprofloxacin was 11.8%, compared to 1.8% among those without prior UTI. Nitrofurantoin should be considered for empirical therapy of lower tract UTI.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: P.O. Box 3094, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Phone: (919) 681-9355. Fax: (919) 681-8484. E-mail: olson012{at}mc.duke.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 December 2009.

{dagger} Present address: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2009, p. 1285-1286, Vol. 53, No. 3
0066-4804/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.01188-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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