Risk factors for fluoroquinolone resistance in Enterococcus urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients

• Published in: Epidemiology and infection Vol. 139; no. 6; pp. 955 - 961
• Main Authors: RATTANAUMPAWAN, P., TOLOMEO, P., BILKER, W. B., FISHMAN, N. O., LAUTENBACH, E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobials; Bacteriology; Bias; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular diseases; Case-Control Studies; Cephalosporins; Chi-Square Distribution; Cross Infection - drug therapy; Cross Infection - microbiology; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Drug therapy; Enterococcus; Enterococcus - drug effects; Epidemiology; Female; Fluoroquinolones; Fluoroquinolones - therapeutic use; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology; HIV; Hospital-acquired infections; Hospitalization; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infections; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Nosocomial infections; Predisposing factors; Risk Factors; Statistics, Nonparametric; Urinary tract infections; Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy; Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology; Urogenital system; Young Adult; USA, Pennsylvania; Enterococci; fluoroquinolone resistance; urinary tract infection; Enterococcus; Human; Resistance; Streptococcaceae; Lactic acid bacteria; Urinary tract infection; Urinary system disease; Risk factor; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Urinary tract disease; Epidemiology

Past studies exploring risk factors for fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in urinary tract infections (UTIs) focused only on UTIs caused by Gram-negative pathogens. The epidemiology of FQ resistance in enterococcal UTIs has not been studied. We conducted a case-control study at two medical centres wit...