Resistance to Mecillinam and Nine Other Antibiotics for Oral Use in <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Urine Specimens of Primary Care Patients in Germany, 2019/20

• Main Authors: Michael Kresken (Author), Yvonne Pfeifer (Author), Florian Wagenlehner (Author), Guido Werner (Author), Esther Wohlfarth (Author), on behalf of Study Group 'Antimicrobial Resistance' of the Paul Ehrlich Society for Infection Therapy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections in humans. <i>Escherichia coli</i> is by far the leading cause of community-acquired UTIs. Pivmecillinam, the oral prodrug of the penicillin derivative mecillinam (amdinocillin), was re-introduced in Germany i...