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. 1995 Dec;39(12):2819–2821. doi: 10.1128/aac.39.12.2819

Activities of oral antibiotics on Providencia strains isolated from institutionalized elderly patients with urinary tract infections.

G Cornaglia 1, S Frugoni 1, A Mazzariol 1, E Piacentini 1, A Berlusconi 1, R Fontana 1
PMCID: PMC163040  PMID: 8593030

Abstract

More than 250 Providencia strains isolated from the urine of institutionalized elderly patients were tested against cefaclor, cefuroxime, cefetamet, cefpodoxime, ciprofloxacin, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Our results confirm the strong activities of expanded-spectrum oral cephalosporins against Providencia isolates, f1p4ell as the marked differences in susceptibilities among accurately identified Providencia species.

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