Researchers compiled antibiograms from individual institutions to create a summary of pediatric antibiotic resistance for common microorganisms nationwide:
- Half of Staphylococcus aureus cultures were methicillin-resistant and 21 percent were clindamycin-resistant. Hospitals in the western part of the U.S. had the lowest occurrence of MRSA.
- Enterococcus cultures showed 45 percent resistance to vancomycin, 25 percent resistance to ampicillin and 8 percent resistance to linezolid. Southern hospitals had the lowest antibiotic-resistance among Enterococcus strains.
- Carbapenems were the most effective overall class of antibiotics against gram-negative bacteria.
The study comes in the wake of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s first-ever report on the state of antibiotic resistance.
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