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STUDY OF IMPETIGO AND THE RESISTANCE PATTERN OF THE ISOLATES TO VARIOUS ANTIBIOTICS

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Title: STUDY OF IMPETIGO AND THE RESISTANCE PATTERN OF THE ISOLATES TO VARIOUS ANTIBIOTICS

Authors: Aqeel Ahmad , Khursheed Ali Khan , Tahir Saeed Haroon 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1987

Volume: 37

Issue: 5

Language: English

Categories
Impetigo (2) Medicine (22336) Dermatology (4774) Microbiology (14542) Antibiotic Resistance (494)

Abstract

Abstract


Of 162 cases of impetigo 134 (82.7%) had impetigo contagiosa and 28 (17.3%) were of bullous type. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 113 (69.75%), Streptococcus pyogenes from 30 (18.51%) and both of these from 19 (11.74%) cases.
All isolates were tested for their resistance pattern to 13 antibiotics in varying concentrations ranging from 0.01-100 yg/mI. The minimum inhibitory concentration required to inhibit the growth of 90%, 75%, 50% and 25% of isplates were investigated. Amp icillin, bacitracin and erythromycin had low activity. Procain penicillin, dexycycline, gentamicin and chloramphenicol were found most effective of the antibiotics used.
The study indicates that resistance is being commonly used antibiotics

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