Antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacteria isolated from XXXX seen by private practitioners in the Klang Valley.

@entity1 @entity3256 @entity2261 @entity6616 @entity6368 @entity5899 @entity799 @entity115 @entity114 @entity2929 @entity794 @entity5821 @entity798 @entity802 @entity581 @entity4005 @entity869 @entity803 @entity526
Data on bacterial resistance in @entity1 seen by general practitioners are usually not readily available. The objective of this paper is to present the antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacteria isolated from @entity1 seen by private practitioners in the Klang Valley. A total of 18 clinics participated in this study. From mid August 1991 to end of June 1993, 2,823 specimens were received. Throat swabs and urine specimens constituted 56% of all the specimens. A large proportion of the specimens (55%) yielded no growth or just normal flora. The common bacteria encountered were @entity794 (18.4%), @entity526 (16.2%), @entity4005 spp (13.7%) and @entity6368 (9.3%). The @entity794 strains were mainly isolated from wound, pus and ear swabs. Not one out of the 218 strains tested was resistant to @entity3256 . In vitro susceptibility tests showed that 91% were resistant to @entity114 while 23% were resistant to @entity803 and 13% to @entity2929 . Eighty-two percent of the @entity526 were isolated from urine. It was also the most common isolate from urine. Fifty percent of these strains were resistant to @entity869 , 33% to @entity799 , 17% to @entity5821 , 21% to @entity869 - @entity5899 , 18% to @entity115 - @entity798 while only 2.3% were resistant to @entity802 and @entity6616 and none to @entity2261 . Generally the gram negative bacilli encountered in general practice are less resistant to the third generation cephalosporins and @entity581 when compared to the hospital strains.
