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Antibiotic resistance: a comparison between inpatient and outpatient uropathogens.
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit [East Mediterr Health J] 2021 Feb 25; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 124-130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 25. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common infections and its treatment is complicated by the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Resistance patterns of organisms differ between community-acquired and hospital-associated urinary tract infections.<br />Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the most effective antibiotics against uropathogens and if antibiotic resistance differed by setting (inpatient versus outpatient).<br />Methods: This 2016-2017 cross-sectional study examined 300 midstream clean-catch urine samples with positive culture (150 outpatient and 150 inpatient samples) for the uropathogens isolated and the resistance of these pathogens to different antibiotics. Samples were obtained from the laboratory of Baharloo hospital, Tehran. The differences in antibiotic resistance between inpatient and outpatient uropathogens were analysed using the chi-squared test.<br />Results: Escherichia coli (72.0% of the 300 samples) and Klebsiella spp (13.0%) were the most common uropathogens isolated. A greater proportion of inpatient samples showed resistance to ceftriaxone, cefixime, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid than the outpatient samples (P < 0.05). The most effective antibiotics for Gram-negative uropathogens were imipenem (only 6.0% of these uropathogens overall were antibiotic-resistant), amikacin (6.3%) and nitrofurantoin (10.3%).<br />Conclusions: Uropathogen resistant rates in inpatients were higher than outpatient rates. The use of imipenem and amikacin instead of traditional first-line empirical therapy (fluoroquinolone and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim) is advised for hospitalized patients with urinary tract infections.<br /> (Copyright © World Health Organization (WHO) 2021. Open Access. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo).)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1687-1634
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33665796
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.20.085