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Correction Vol. 8, No. 1

In the article “Antimicrobial Sensitivity in Enterobacteria from AIDS Patients, Zambia,” by James Mwansa et al., errors were made in calculations for the table on page 93. The corrected table appears below and online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no1/01-0018.htm. We regret any confusion these errors may have caused.

Table. Antibiotic sensitivity patterns for three enterobacteria isolated from patients with HIV-related persistent diarrhea in Zambia

Antimicrobial agent^a

Nontyphoidal salmonellae
No. sensitive (%)

Shigella flexneri
No. sensitive (%)

Shigella dysenteriae
No. sensitive (%)

Tetracycline

37 (23)

2 (6)

3 (16)

Chloramphenicol

36 (23)

7 (23)

8 (42)

Gentamicin

119 (75)

24 (77)

18 (95)

Sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim

25 (16)

3 (10)

0 (0)

Amoxycillin

74 (47)

9 (29)

7 (37)

Amoxycillin-clavulanic acid

95 (60)

27 (87)

12 (63)

Cephalexin

105 (66)

23 (74)

17 (89)

Cefuroxime

93 (59)

11 (35)

16 (84)

Cefotaxime

149 (94)

28 (90)

19 (100)

Nalidixic acid

107 (68)

31 (100)

19 (100)

Ciprofloxacin

157 (99)

30 (97)

18 (95)

Erythromycin

22 (14)

0 (0)

4 (21)

Azithromycin

64 (93)

9 (100)

19 (100)

^aOne hundred fifty-eight isolates of nontyphoidal salmonellae, 31 of S. flexneri, and 19 of S. dysenteriae were tested against all these antimicrobial agents, except for azithromycin, against which 69, 9 and 19 isolates were tested, respectively.

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