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Volume 8, Number 7—July 2002
Research

Antibiotic Resistance of Gram-Negative Bacteria in Rivers, United States

Ronald J. Ash*Comments to Author , Brena Mauck*, and Melissa Morgan*
Author affiliations: *Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, USA;

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Table 2

Resistance of ampicillin-resistant isolates to other β-lactam antibiotics, U.S. riversa

% resistant
River No. Tested CEF CTX CAZ IPM AMC
Arkansas-Witchita, KS 43 a 5 2 5
Canadian-Oklahoma City, OK 50 6 0 0
Chattahoochee-Atlanta, GA 70 93 13
Chicago-Chicago, IL 81 96 9 0 0
Colorado-Glenwood Springs, CO 87 94 25 1 10
Cuyahoga-Cleveland, OH 79 91 12 6 0 68
Des Moines-Des Moines, IA 63 8 0 0 0 8
Hudson-New York, NY 107 86 9 0
Kansas-Topeka, KS 199 25 20 8 4
Missouri-Parkville, MO 203 73 21 5 1
Ohio-Louisville, KY 85 67 4 2 0 10
Ohio-Cincinnati, OH 91 77 0 0 0 37
Ohio-Pittsburgh, PA 54 78 8 9 36
Ohio-Wheeling, WV 50 36 0 0 6 0
Platte-Grand Island, NE 245 96 16 2 24
Scioto-Columbus, OH 67 86 2 0 33
Mississippi-Minneapolis, MN 72 38 0 0 0 38
Mississippi-St. Louis, MO 51 98 4 0 57
Wabash-Terre Haute, IN 81 94 7 0 0
White-Indianapolis, IN 83 96 39

aAbbreviations used: —,not tested; CEF,cephalothin; CTX, cefotaxime; CAZ, ceftazidime; IPM, imipenem; AMC, amoxicillin+clavalanic acid.

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