BACTERIAL PROFILING OF ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS IN BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS OF SUSPECTED BACTEREMIA PATIENTS FROM KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Laboratory Research - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Bloodstream infections in patients with suspected bacteremia from Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India was surveyed for a period of 6 months and cultured as per the methods employed by CLSI. Antibiotic sensitivity was tested using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. A total of 295 bacteremia suspected patient’s blood culture samples were processed, of which 6 bacterial pathogens isolated from 27 positive blood cultures, among which 67% were grampositive and 33% were gram-negative.The predominant isolate was coagulation negative Staphylococcusspp. (CoNS) (37%). The other isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (30%), Escherichia coli (18%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (7%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (4%), and Enterococcus spp. (4%). The pathogens coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp and Staphylococcus aureus were more commonly resistant to Co-trimoxazole (50 to 68%) and Penicillin G (83 to 90%). Bloodstream infections are important causes of morbidity in patients, especially among the age group of 1-20 years. Prescription of proven resistant antibiotics to suspected bacteremic patients’ needs utmost attention in the study region.
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Renjith Chandran, Srinivasa Kannan S. R, Thanga Mariappan K, Shabeena Merrin J
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