Some epidemiologic features of Campylobacter jejuni/coli infections in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war

The aim of this study was to determine the molecular subtyping and antimicrobial susceptibility characteristics of Campylobacter coli isolates from different sources in China. One hundred thirteen C. coli isolates were subtyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), and porA and flaA short variable region (SVR) nucleotide sequences. Cluster analysis was performed based on the PFGE and sequence types (ST). Eighty-four PFGE patterns (SmaI) were observed in 113 isolates. Fifty-four STs (28 novel) and three clonal complexes (CC), 86% of which were clustered to CC828, were observed, as well as 52 porA and 37 flaA-SVR sequence alleles. MLST, porA, and flaA-SVR analysis demonstrated that many isolates from diarrheal patients shared identical genotypes with chicken isolates. Minimum inhibitory concentration values of 10 antibiotics were analyzed for 109 isolates isolated in 2011 using the E-test method. The most frequently observed resistance agents were nalidixic acid (100%) and ciprofloxacin (100%), followed by levofloxacin (99%), tetracycline (94%), metronidazole (93%), erythromycin (61%), streptomycin (72%), gentamicin (59%), ampicillin (50%), and chloramphenicol (29%). Multidrug resistance was detected in 108 of 109 C. coli isolates (99%).

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Antibiotic resistance of coliform organisms from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Uzunović-Kamberović

2006

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Due to high ampicillin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance rates for all subsets analysed it is highly recommended to perform urinalysis and antibiotic susceptibility testing in all patients, except in the age group 0-6 years of male patients and in the age group 20-64 years of female patients, in which empirical therapy with these antibiotics can be applied. Nitrofurantoin should also be considered as the first-line therapy, especially in children. It is important for physicians to know susceptibility data for UTIs in order to optimize the use of empirical therapy.

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Some epidemiologic features of Campylobacter jejuni/coli infections in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war

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Genotyping of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni from retail chicken meat and humans with campylobacteriosis in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Antibiotic resistance of coliform organisms from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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