National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Antimicrobial resistance is a current and fore coming worldwide problematic issue. It is more prevalent in healthcare settings; especially in hospital intensive care units. This study aimed to present a simple means of constructing an antibiotic policy from results of cumulative antibiograms for patients’ cultures [sputum, urine, blood, wounds] using a battery of narrow and broad spectrum antibiotics. The most commonly isolated pathogens from all samples were Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Escherichia coli. (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pneumoniae) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. E. coli recorded the highest percentage of resistance in all samples [75.2% for sputum, 74.3%for blood, 65.8%for wounds], while S.aureus isolates showed the least resistance [40.0% for sputum, 30.0% for blood]; K.pneumoniae revealed the least resistance [19.4% for wounds]. However, all bacterial isolates revealed a similar 40.0% resistance in urine samples. The resistance pattern was recorded and accordingly a sample antibiotic policy was formulated.
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