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Susceptibility of 206H. influenzae isolates was evaluated by disk diffusion method for 11 antimicrobial agents. No isolates were found to be resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, amoxi-cillin+clavulanic acid, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Four untypable isolates (1.9%) were β-lactamase producing ampicillin-resistant; one of these was also resistant to chloramphenicol. The rate of resistance against rifampin was 0.5 percent.
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Zanchi, A., Mencarelli, M., Sansoni, A. et al. Antibiotic susceptibility of 206Haemophilus influenzae isolates collected from children in central Italy. Eur J Epidemiol 10, 699–702 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01719284
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