Bacterial Uropathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infection and Their Resistance Patterns Among Children in Turkey
نویسندگان
1 Department of Pediatrics, Kafkas University Training and Research Hospital, Kars, Turkey
2 Department of Microbiology, Kars Government Hospital, Kars, Turkey
3 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kafkas University Training and Research Hospital, Kars, Turkey
4 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kars Government Hospital, Kars, Turkey
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چکیده
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common problem in infants and children, as well as adults.Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the most common bacterial uropathogens, their susceptibility, and resistance toantibiotics in children with UTI.Materials and Methods: This study included 7,365 urine samples sent from various departments to the Kars state hospital microbiologylaboratory between January 2012 and May 2014. Bacterial isolation from clinical samples wasmade using standard microbiologicalmethods. Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by disk diffusion, according to CLSI recommendations.Results: Bacterial growth was obtained in 1,373 samples (18.5%). The percentage distributions of the isolates were as follows: Escherichiacoli, 940 (68.5%); Proteus spp, 183 (13.3%); Staphylococcus spp, 85 (6.2%); Enterococcus spp, 65 (4.7%); Klebsiella, 62 (4.5%); Pseudomonasaeruginosa, 21 (1.5%); and other Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria, 17 (1.2%). UTIs were more prevalent, aftertwo years of age, among females than males (P < 0.001).Conclusions: The identification of the mostcommonmicroorganisms causing infectious diseases and regional resistance patternsis important in order to determine the antimicrobial policies and infection control guidelines of hospitals.
