Date: 4/27/2009
TUMSPR News: According to the report by the Public Relations of Bahrami Children’s Hospital, a group of researchers at the hospital have evaluated the antimicrobial drug resistance pattern of Klebsiella and E-coli bacteria, isolated from the hospitalized children there. [H]
In a report by the Public Relations of Bahrami Children's Hospital, a hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Ali Akbar Rahbarimanesh, Dr. Peyman Salamati and Dr. A. Badfar evaluated specimen from176 patients with positive culture for E-coli and Klebsiella, isolated from their blood, CSF, urine, stool, etc by disk diffusion method (Kirby & Bauer). The isolated germs consisted of E-coli (84%) and Klebsiella (16%). E-coli resistance to Ampicillin was high (88%) and it was 64% for Cephalexin and 63% for Cotrimoxazol but resistance to third generation cephalosporins was lower (30-40%). All the isolated Klebsiella bacteria were resistant to Ampicillin (100%) and the majority of them were resistant to third generation cephalosporins (60-80%).
The study suggests that since antibiotic resistance among gram-negative bacilli (E-coli & Klebsiella) is on the rise, enforcement of policies regarding proper antibiotic use is urgently needed in order to delay or hamper the development of further resistance to antibiotics.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=11570
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