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Evaluation of antibiotic resistance amonggram-negative bacilli isolated from critically ill patients : Relation to risk factors and liberal use of antibiotics

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Advisors

Gharib, Muna, Mukhtar, Muhammad S., Salah-El-Din, Nadya H.

Authors

Abdel-Fattah, Sameh Muhammad

Accessioned

2017-04-26 12:06:00

Available

2017-04-26 12:06:00

type

M.D. Thesis

Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria were found to be the predominant isolates in ICUs, causing 73% of nosocomial infections (Cormican, et al; 1996). They account for about 78.8% of cases of pneumonia, 70.2% of cases of UTIs and 65% of cases of sepsis (Barsic, et al ; 1997). The four most common GNB include E.coli, Ps.spp., Kb spp. and Enterobacter species accounting for 32 % of all Gram negative infections in ICUs (Barnard, et al; 2003). In recent years, there has been an increased incidence and prevalence of extended spectrum beta lactamases(ESBL); enzymes that hydrolyse and cause resistance to oxyimino-cephalosporins and aztreonam; production of beta lactamases are the leading cause of resistance to beta lactam antibiotics among Gram negative bacteria.Over that past 60 years, the use of successive generations of B- lactam antibiotics leads to generations of B-lactamases enzymes each more potent than the last (Martinez, et al; 2006), In our study IPM, AMC, CD, SAM were still the most potent against Gram negative bacilli isolated in CCU with decline of activity of other antibiotic specially aminoglycosides as (AK, CN, TOB) and cephalosporins CAZ

Issued

1 Jan 2008

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/32241

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Thesis

Created At

31 Jan 2023