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Bacteriological Profile and Drug Resistance Patterns of Blood Culture Isolates in a Tertiary Care Nephrourology Teaching Institute
Joint Authors
Soni, Shailesh
Jojera, Amit
Gang, Sishir
Gohel, Kalpesh
Desai, Mahesh
Sabnis, Ravindra
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Blood stream infections can lead to life threatening sepsis and require rapid antimicrobial treatment.
The organisms implicated in these infections vary with the geographical alteration.
Infections caused by MDR organisms are more likely to increase the risk of death in these patients.
The present study was aimed to study the profile of organisms causing bacteremia and understand antibiotic resistance patterns in our hospital.
1440 blood samples collected over a year from clinically suspected cases of bacteremia were studied.
The isolates were identified by standard biochemical tests and antimicrobial resistance patterns were determined by CLSI guidelines.
Positive blood cultures were obtained in 9.2% of cases of which Gram-positive bacteria accounted for 58.3% of cases with staph aureus predominance; gram negative bacteria accounted for 40.2% with enterobactereciea predominence; and 1.5% were fungal isolates.
The most sensitive drugs for Gram-positive isolates were vancomycin, teicoplanin, daptomycin, linezolid, and tigecycline and for Gram-negative were carbapenems, colistin, aminoglycosides, and tigecycline.
The prevalence of MRSA and vancomycin resistance was 70.6% and 21.6%, respectively.
ESBL prevalence was 39.6%.
Overall low positive rates of blood culture were observed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gohel, Kalpesh& Jojera, Amit& Soni, Shailesh& Gang, Sishir& Sabnis, Ravindra& Desai, Mahesh. 2014. Bacteriological Profile and Drug Resistance Patterns of Blood Culture Isolates in a Tertiary Care Nephrourology Teaching Institute. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450080
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gohel, Kalpesh…[et al.]. Bacteriological Profile and Drug Resistance Patterns of Blood Culture Isolates in a Tertiary Care Nephrourology Teaching Institute. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450080
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gohel, Kalpesh& Jojera, Amit& Soni, Shailesh& Gang, Sishir& Sabnis, Ravindra& Desai, Mahesh. Bacteriological Profile and Drug Resistance Patterns of Blood Culture Isolates in a Tertiary Care Nephrourology Teaching Institute. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450080
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-450080