<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The <italic>Bacteroides</italic> and <italic>Parabacteroides</italic> species are important obligate anaerobic bacteria that are significant constituents of normal flora (microbiota), and opportunistic pathogens with special biological background. They are highly resistant to antibiotics and monitoring their resistance levels is important for their empiric therapy. Several antibiotic resistance studies were conducted in the USA and Europe and we have data for the region involved in this study showing comparable trends. Multidrug-resistant strains are emerging among Bacteroides too, where the proper antibiotic tests and treatments may be life-saving.</p></abstract>

The Bacteroides and Parabacteroides species are important obligate anaerobic bacteria that are significant constituents of normal flora (microbiota), and opportunistic pathogens with special biological background. They are highly resistant to antibiotics and monitoring their resistance levels is important for their empiric therapy. Several antibiotic resistance studies were conducted in the USA and Europe and we have data for the region involved in this study showing comparable trends. Multidrug-resistant strains are emerging among Bacteroides too, where the proper antibiotic tests and treatments may be life-saving.

The clinically important anaerobic, human pathogenic Bacteroides species and their antibiotic resistance levels in Central and Southeast Europe

Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Microbiology

University of Medicine and Pharmacy Tirgu-Mures

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology

Bulletin of Medical Sciences

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The Bacteroides and Parabacteroides species are important obligate anaerobic bacteria that are significant constituents of normal flora (microbiota), and...

The clinically important anaerobic, human pathogenic Bacteroides species and their antibiotic resistance levels in Central and Southeast Europe

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 19 - 25

Received: Jun 29, 2017

Accepted: May 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2018-0003

Keywords
detection of antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance levels, antibiotic resistance mechanisms,

© 2018 Sóki József et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The clinically important anaerobic, human pathogenic Bacteroides species and their antibiotic resistance levels in Central and Southeast Europe

Published Online: Jan 25, 2019

Page range: 19 - 25

Received: Jun 29, 2017

Accepted: May 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orvtudert-2018-0003

Keywordsdetection of antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance levels, antibiotic resistance mechanisms,

© 2018 Sóki József et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
detection of antibiotic resistance, antibiotic resistance levels, antibiotic resistance mechanisms,