Anti-biogram of pneumococcal isolates in a tertiary care hospital
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Streptococcus pneumoniae are gram positive normal flora of the upper respiratory tract in humans but are also the primary causative bacterial agents of pneumonia and otitis media mostly in children They are also known to cause sinusitis bronchitis meningitis as well as bacteremia They are differentiated from other Streptococci by their special characteristics such as their morphology bile solubility as well as their sensitivity to optochin in addition to their display of a capsule They are sensitive to most antibiotics and the beta lactams are considered the best drugs of choice in their treatment Antimicrobial resistance currently considered as a serious public health challenge not only in hospital settings but also in the community at largeAims and Objectives1nbspnbspTo find out the occurrence of pneumococcal etiology in Community Acquired Pneumonia CAP and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia HAP 2nbspnbspnbspTo find out Penicillin resistance among these isolates by Penicillin Estrips 3nbsp nbspTo identify Macrolide resistance among these isolates by Erythromycin E stripsnbspMaterials and Methods Pneumococcal isolates were collected from the respiratory samples such as sputum endotracheal secretions throat swab broncho alveolar lavange and also from other samples such as ear swab and the bacteremia suspected blood samplesResults A total of 30 pneumococcal isolates were collected from respiratory samples namely sputum endotracheal secretions throat swab broncho alveolar lavange and other samples like ear swab and blood The collected isolates were confirmed to be Streptococcus pneumonia Out of 30 samples 18 60 were collected from male patients and 12 40 samples from female patientsConclusion The need of MIC determination for antimicrobial susceptibility pattern testing of Pneumococci is a better method because it was found that the isolates which were sensitive for disc diffusion method even had the resistant MIC as 40 and 566 for Penicillin and ErythromycinKeywords Streptococcus pneumonia Optochin sensitive Antimicrobial resistancenbsp nbsp
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Sumana M. N. , Sowmya G. S. , Satya Sai. B, Saundarya Deepak, Matheus Heita Namidi
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