TY - JOUR AU - Isenbarger, Daniel AU - Hoge, Charles AU - Srijan, Apichai AU - Pitarangsi, Chittima AU - Vithayasai, Niyada AU - Bodhidatta, Ladaporn AU - Hickey, Kimberly AU - Cam, Phung Dac T1 - Comparative Antibiotic Resistance of Diarrheal Pathogens from Vietnam and Thailand, 1996-1999 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 175 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Antimicrobial resistance rates for shigella, campylobacter, nontyphoidal salmonella, and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli were compared for Vietnam and Thailand from 1996 to 1999. Resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline was common. Quinolone resistance remains low in both countries, except among campylobacter and salmonella organisms in Thailand. Nalidixic acid resistance among salmonellae has more than doubled since 1995 (to 21%) in Thailand but is not yet documented in Vietnam. Resistance to quinolones correlated with resistance to azithromycin in both campylobacter and salmonella in Thailand. This report describes the first identification of this correlation and its epidemiologic importance among clinical isolates. These data illustrate the growing magnitude of antibiotic resistance and important differences between countries in Southeast Asia. KW - drug resistance KW - microbial KW - bacteria KW - diarrhea KW - Thailand KW - Vietnam DO - 10.3201/eid0802.010145 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/2/01-0145_article ER - End of Reference