AETIOLOGY AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTENCE IN PATIENTS WITH BLOOD STREAM INFECTION TREATED AT NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASE PERIOD 2017 - 2020
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Abstract
Background: Blood stream infection causes high morbidity and mortality rate. Antibiotic resistance of bacteria is a treatment obstacle. Determining aetiology and antibiotic susceptible contribute to optimizing antibiotics selection and improving effectiveness of treatment.
Objective: To determine bacterial aetiologies and assess antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria isolated from patients with blood stream infection treated at National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (NHTD).
Subjects and methods: A combined retrospective and prospective cross-sectional study on 200 patients with blood stream infection at NHTD from 7/2017 to 6/2020.
Result: Three major bacterial aetiologies are E. coli (32%), S. aureus (28.5%), K. pneumoniae (10%); 43.4%S. aureus strains are MRSA, 46.6% E. coli strains and 25% K. pneumoniae strains produce ESBL; E. coli and K. pneumoniae are susceptible with carbapenem (92-98%), aminoglycosides (65%-100%) and piperacillin-tazobactam (86%-96%), resistant to third-generation cephalosporins (47-50%); K. pneumoniae is still susceptible with quinolones (75%-94%) while E. coli is resistant to quinolones (48-50%). S. aureus is susceptible to vancomycin, linezolid, teicoplanin và tigecycline (100%), quinolones (75-93%), resistant to clindamycin (69%), oxacillin (62%).
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Blood stream infections, antibiotic susceptibility, MRSA, ESBL