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2011, Cilt 41, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 139-142
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Retrospective Evaluation of the Distribution of Gram Negative Bacteria Isolated From Urine Samples and Their Antimicrobial Resistance Rates
Murat ARAL, Ekrem KİREÇCİ, Serpil Şeriban DOĞAN
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tıbbi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı
Keywords: Urine, urinary tract infections, gram-negative bacteria

Objective: This study was aimed to investigate the distribu¬tion of bacteria isolated from urine samples and their antibiotic resistance rates in Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Hospital.

Materials and Methods: A total of 624 urine samples cul¬tivated between January 2008 and January 2011 were evaluated retrospectively. Antimicrobial susceptibility tes¬ting of the isolates was performed by the VITEK 2 system (bioMerieux, France) according to the CLSI guidelines.

Results: The most frequently isolated bacteria was Escherichia coli (77.7%), which was followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (10.6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.3%), Proteus mirabilis (2.2%), K. oxytoca (1.8%), Enterobacter cloacae (1.1%), E. aerogenes (0.6%), Citrobacter freundii 4 (0.6%), Acinetobacter baumannii (0.5%), Morganella morganii (0.3%) and Serratia marcescens (0.2%). The most effective antibiotics against these gram negative bac¬teria were found to be carbapenems.

Conclusion: Antibiotic resistance rates show an increasing trend in gram-negative bacteria. Continuous surveillance of antibiotic susceptibility in gram negative bacteria is necessary for monitorization of antimicrobial resistance and to guide antimicrobial therapy.


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