The study of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of tracheal bacterial strains isolated from pediatric patients.
Pak J Biol Sci
; 12(5): 455-8, 2009 Mar 01.
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| ID: mdl-19579988
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial strains isolated from tracheal specimens obtained from pediatric patients admitted to a major children hospital in Tehran, in 2007. Tracheal specimens were cultured on the appropriate bacteriological media. Bacterial isolates were identified by standard biochemical and serological tests. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Pseudomonas spp. was identified as the most prevalent bacterial isolate (32%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (27.6%). Thirty strains (16%) were identified as Klebsiella spp., 18 (9.6%) as Enterobacter spp. and the rest belonged to coagolase negative Staphylococci, Streptococcus viridans, Acinetobacter spp., Escherichia coli and Neisseria spp. All Pseudomonas spp. were resistant to ampicllin, kanamycin and ceftizoxime. Staphylococcus and Klebsiella spp. showed high degree of resistance to 40% of examined antibiotics.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Bacterias
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Tráquea
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Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pak J Biol Sci
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán
Pais de publicación:
Pakistán