Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Urine Cultures

Year 2019, , 133 - 137, 28.08.2019

Mustafa Çalgın , Yeliz Çetinkol

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.583149

Abstract

 Objective: Enterococcus spesies are among the common causes of nosocomial urinary tract infections mainly, along with other infections and have been observed to have increasing rates of resistance against antimicrobial agents in recent years. The aim of this study is to determine the Enterococcus spp. isolated from urine
cultures in our hospital and to determine antibiotic resistance rates.

Methods:
Enterococcus isolates
identification and antibiogram results obtained from urine samples sent to Ordu
University Education and Research Hospital Microbiology laboratory from
inpatients and outpatients were retrospectively evaluated. The identification
and antimicrobial susceptibility tests of the isolates were completed on a VITEK
2 Compact (Biomerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) system. Resistance rates against
ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, nitrofurantoin, tigecycline, linezolid,
teicoplanin and vancomycin were analyzed.

Results:
Our study identified 346
Enterococcus strains. These strains were defined as 195 Enterococcus faecalis (56%), 127 Enterococcus faecium (37%) and 24 other
enterococci (7%). The antimicrobials with highest resistance were ciprofloxacin
(51%), ampicillin (42%), nitrofurantoin (14%) and tigecycline (1%), in order,
with no resistance encountered for linezolid, teicoplanin and vancomycin.

Conclusion: Glycopeptide resistance were not encountered among enterococci isolated from urine cultures in our hospital, with qunolone resistance at the fore. The results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests
are important to select appropriate treatments.

Keywords

antimicrobial resistance, Enterococcus species, urine culture

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