Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates from the Lower Respiratory tract in Western Sichuan, China: Antimicrobial susceptibility and Mechanism of beta-lactam Resistance and decade changes

ConclusionsOur results confirmed that Hi isolated from the lower respiratory tract of Western Sichuan in China from 2013 to 2014 were NTHi strains. Compared with ten years earler, beta-lactamase producing strains and beta-lactam resistant strains increased rapidly. The amino acid substitution of the ftsI gene was more complex and diversified. So far, although some progress has been made in the study of antibiotical resistance mechanism of NTHi strains, how to control the growth of NTHi resistant strains is still a challenge in China.
Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research