Survey of antimicrobial resistance in clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates over two decades in Northeast Thailand

• Main Authors: Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Premjit Amornchai, Natnaree Saiprom, Narisara Chantratita, Wirongrong Chierakul, Gavin C K W Koh, Wipada Chaowagul, Nicholas P J Day, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Sharon J. Peacock
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12252

A 21-year survey conducted in northeast Thailand of antimicrobial resistance to parenteral antimicrobial drugs used to treat melioidosis identified 24/4,021 (0.6%) patients with one or more isolates resistant to ceftazidime (n ∇ 8), amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (n ∇ 4), or both drugs (n ∇ 12). Two ca...