Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital
Khodeary, A., Mohamed, T., Alkhayat, K., Sayed, S. (2022). Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital. EKB Journal Management System, 31(3), 29-35. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2022.247177
Ashraf Khodeary; Tamer Mohamed; Khaled Alkhayat; Sherif Sayed. "Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital". EKB Journal Management System, 31, 3, 2022, 29-35. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2022.247177
Khodeary, A., Mohamed, T., Alkhayat, K., Sayed, S. (2022). 'Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital', EKB Journal Management System, 31(3), pp. 29-35. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2022.247177
Khodeary, A., Mohamed, T., Alkhayat, K., Sayed, S. Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 31(3): 29-35. doi: 10.21608/ejmm.2022.247177

Bacterial Profile and Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern of Pleural Effusion Isolates from Sohag University Hospital

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Volume 31, Issue 3, July 2022, Page 29-35  XML PDF (337.74 K)
Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.
DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2022.247177
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Authors
Ashraf Khodeary1; Tamer Mohamed email orcid 2; Khaled Alkhayat3; Sherif Sayed4
1Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
2Medical Microbiology and Immunology department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag , Egypt
3Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
4Lecturer, Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Diagnosis of pleural effusion (PE) infection and the isolated organisms reported a significant resistance to the commonly used antibiotics, and the choice of appropriate antibiotics for the management should be guided by microbiological results. Objectives: This study aimed to detect the bacterial profile and antibiotics susceptibility pattern of PE isolates and the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staph. aureus. Methodology: Plural fluid samples from 121 patients with PE infection were collected for microbiological identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing by Vitek 2 system, Staphylococcal aureus isolates were tested for MecA gene by RT-PCR.  Results: 47% of PE samples exhibited positive culture, the most encountered organisms were Staph. aureus (24.2%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (16.1%), Staph aureus had the highest sensitivity to Vancomycin and Linezolid (100%) and (40%) of Staph aureus had mecA gene. Conclusion: Bacteria isolated from PE exhibited increasing levels of antibiotic resistance that should be reflected in the choice of empirical antimicrobial treatment.
Keywords
Bacterial isolates; Antibiotic resistance; Pleural Fluid
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