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[The problem of antibiotic resistance in patients with urinary tract infection]
S V Kotov1, S A Pulbere1, N V Alesina1
1Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To analyze the incidence and resistance of microorganisms to antibacterial drugs isolated in urine cultures of patients with urinary tract infections from 2012 to 2019.
Materials And Methods:
In the Pirogov City Clinical Hospital No1 and in the Bauman City Clinical Hospital No 29 analyzed the results of 15083 urine cultures in 12554 patients from 2012 to 2019.
Results:
Enterococcus faecalis (41%), Escherichia coli (36.4%), Klebsiella pneumonia (23.4%) and Proteus mirabilis (7.6%) predominate in the occurrence of complicated UTIs. the number of strains resistant to certain groups of antibacterial drugs increased: mesitillin-resistant staphylococci (+ 4%), producers of -lactamases (+ 19.8% (for E. coli) and + 34.7% (for Klebsiella pneumoniae)), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (+ 1.89%), carbapenemase producers (+ 32.9%). A high level of resistance among Enterococcus faecalis strains to ciprofloxacin (23.1%) and gentamicin (38.4%) was revealed. Among strains of Escherichia coli, an increase in resistance to ampicillin (85.7%), ceftazidime (66.7%), ciprofloxacin (54.1%) and nitrofurantoin (42.9%) was noted. The appearance of carbapenem-resistant strains is noted. Among the strains of Klebsiella pneumonia, there is a significant increase in resistance to all antibacterial drugs used. Separately, one can note a sharp (27.1%) increase in resistance to carbapenems. A high level of resistance was found in Proteus mirabilis to ciprofloxacin (66.7%), ampicillin (75%). There is an increase in resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to ciprofloxacin (66.7%), meropenem (50%). There is a high level of resistance for Acinetobacter baumannii to amikacin (94.9%), imipenem (92.3%), ceftazadime (100%), ciprofloxacin (100%), tigecycline (53.6%). Relatively high sensitivity remains to polymyxin E (88.9%).
Conclusions:
The results of our analysis demonstrate a rapid increase in resistance to most antibacterial drugs among community-acquired and hospital-acquired strains.
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