Volume 17, Number 10—October 2011
Dispatch
CTX-M-15–producing Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as Cause of Travelers’ Diarrhea
Elisabet Guiral, Eva Mendez-Arancibia, Sara M. Soto, Pilar Salvador, Anna Fàbrega, Joaquim Gascón, and Jordi Vila
Table 1
Susceptibility of 5 enteroaggregative Escherichia.coli strains that produced diarrhea in patients returning from India, 2005–2006*
| Strain | Antimicrobial agent |
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| AM | PR | AG | P/T | A/S | FU | FOX | FZ | PIM | CTX | CAZ | GN | AK | TB | F | IMI | ME | AZ | CIP | NOR | LEV | TE | SXT | CL | |
| HC19 | R | R | R | S | R | R | I | R | R | R | R | R | S | R | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | S | R | S |
| HC64 | R | R | R | S | R | R | I | R | R | R | R | S | S | R | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S |
| HC67 | R | R | R | S | R | R | I | R | R | R | I | R | R | R | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S |
| HC74 | R | R | R | S | R | R | I | R | R | R | R | S | R | R | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| HC76 | R | R | I | S | R | R | S | R | I | R | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | I | R | R | R | R | R | S |
*AM, ampicillin; PR, piperacillin; AG, amoxiclavulanic acid/augmentin; P/T, piperacillin/tazobactam; A/S, ampicillin/sulbactam; FU, cefuroxime; FOX, cefoxitin; FZ, cefazoline; PIM, cefepime; CTX, cefotaxime; CAZ, ceftazidime; GN, gentamicin; AK, amikacin; TB, tobramycin; F, fosfomycin; IMI, imipenem; ME, meropenem; AZ, aztreonam; CIP, ciprofloxacin; NOR, norfloxacin; LEV, levofloxacin; TE, tetracycline; SXT, cotrimoxazole; CL, chloramphenicol; R, resistant; S, sensitive; I, intermediate.
