Alarming Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Bacterial Isolates in Neonatal Sepsis: A Study from Egypt | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology | ||||
Volume 32, Issue 2, April 2023, Page 31-39 PDF (361.22 K) | ||||
Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology. | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2023.279742 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Reham M. Raafat Hamed 1; Reham Dwedar1; Rasha Bassyouni 2; Ahmed S. Emira3; Rehab G. Abd El-Hmid4; Mona A. Dowidar5; Asmaa Hegab 1 | ||||
1Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||||
2Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt | ||||
3MD Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt; Microbiology Department, Alfa Laboratories, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
4Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt | ||||
5Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Sepsis in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) remains one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality, especially for preterm. Multi-drug-resistant-organisms (MDROs) are emerging as important pathogens that cause neonatal sepsis in NICU. Objective: to review the epidemiology of the microorganisms implicated in neonatal sepsis while shedding the light on the percentage of Multiple-drug-resistant (MDR) and Extensive-Drug-Resistance (XDR) microorganisms in addition to investigating their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional prospective study of a 24-month duration including data from culture-proven neonatal sepsis patients admitted at NICU, from Fayoum University Pediatric Hospital. Results: Klebsiella species was the most isolated organism from blood (46%), and 87.6% of isolates were MDR organisms (332/379). The resistance pattern was as follows: 66.5% of resistance owed to Gram-negative bacilli; of them 52% were XDR, 13.2% were MDR, 0.8% were Pan drug Resistant and 0.5% were Difficult-to-Treat (DTR)-Pseudomonas species. Gram-positive cocci were responsible for 21.1 % of MDR; 20.8% MRSA and 0.3% VRE. Total MDR accounted for 34.3% of isolates. The isolates showed significant resistance to most tested antibiotics (p<0.05) (doxycycline, tetracycline, amikacin, cefoxitin, meropenem, imipenem, ertapenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, and ampicillin-sulbactam. Significant sensitivity was detected to linezolid, vancomycin, and tigecycline. Conclusion: There is an alarming increase in the resistance rates among cases of neonatal sepsis. The application of an antibiotic stewardship program is essentially needed to stop the dramatic increase in antibiotic resistance and fight the development of MDROs. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Neonatal Sepsis; Multi-drug-resistant-organisms; neonatal intensive care unit; Klebsiella species | ||||
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