Antimicrobial resistance patterns of the pathogenic bacteria isolated from stool cultures of patients with acute diarrhea in Istanbul, Turkey

Ozturk R., Basaran G., Engin A., Akbal H., Vural S., Palaz F., ...Daha Fazla

10th Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy, Antalya, Türkiye, 20 - 25 Ekim 1996, ss.341-344 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Basıldığı Şehir: Antalya
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.341-344
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

We isolated 1153(24.8%) pathogenic bacteria from 4741 stool samples of diarrheic patients. The distribution of bacteria were as follows: 531(46%) Shigella spp., 197(17.1%) non-typhoid Salmonella, 10(0.86%) S. typhi, 140(12%) Aeromonas spp., 120(10.4%) EPEC and 155(13%) Campylobacter. spp. Antimicrobial resistance of these strains except Campylobacter spp. were assessed by disc diffusion method. Many strains of Salmonella, Shigella, Aeromonas genera and EPEC were resistant to ampicillin and sulbactam-ampicillin(20-97%), cotrimoxazole(10-45%). The strains were variably resistant to cefotaxime or ceftriaxone(0-34%), gentamicin(0-30%), tetracycline(20-53%), chloramphenicol (20-48%). All of them were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and imipenem. Our results show that multi-drug resistant Salmonella and Shigella strains are becoming prevalent in Istanbul and that quinolones may be preferred for empirical therapy.