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| Title |
Antibiotic resistance patterns of urinary tract pathogens in Turkish children
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| Published in |
Global Health Research and Policy, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s41256-018-0063-1 |
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| Authors |
Suzan Gunduz, Hatice Uludağ Altun |
| Abstract |
Knowledge of local antimicrobial resistance patterns is essential for evidence- based empirical antibiotic prescribing. We aimed to investigate the distribution and changes in causative agents of urinary tract infections in children and the resistance rates, and to recommend the most appropriate antibiotics. In this retrospective study, we evaluated causative agents and antimicrobial resistance in urine isolates from the positive community from September 2014 to April 2016 in a single hospital in Ankara, Turkey. A total of 850 positive urine cultures were identified, of which 588 (69.2%) were from girls and 262 (30.8%) were from boys. Their mean age was 36.5 ± 45.0 months. The most common causative agent wasEscherichia coli(64.2% of cases) followed byKlebsiella pneumoniae(14.9%). The overall resistance to ampicillin (62.6%), cephalothin (44.2%), co-trimoxazole (29.8%) and cefuroxime (28.7%) was significant. No resistance to imipenem was detected in the isolates. The least resistance was for amikacin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin and cefepime (0.1, 2.4, 7.5 and 8.3%, respectively). Imipenem was the most active agent againstE. colifollowed by amikacin (0.2%), ceftriaxone (2.7%) and nitrofurantoin (5.1%). High resistance rates to nitrofurantoin were detected inK. pneumoniae, ProteusandEnterobacteriae. E. coli was the most common causative agent of urinary tract infection in children. Ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfometaxazole, cephalothin and cefuroxim had the highest resistance rates against urinary tract pathogens in our center. For oral empirical antibiotherapy, cefixime is the most appropriate choice so as to includeKlebsiella strains. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 74 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 21 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 22% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
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