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Microbiological spectrum and susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates from the Respiratory Intensive and Post-Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia

Gordana Pavlisa, Andrea Vukic Dugac, Ana Hecimovic, Hrvoje Puretic, Marko Jakopovic, Miroslav Samarzija
European Respiratory Journal 2016 48: PA2629; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA2629
Gordana Pavlisa
1Department for Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Andrea Vukic Dugac
1Department for Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Ana Hecimovic
1Department for Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Hrvoje Puretic
1Department for Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Marko Jakopovic
1Department for Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Miroslav Samarzija
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Abstract

Background: Respiratory tract infections are the frequent infections among patients hospitalized in respiratory units. The increased drug resistance has become an important clinical problem.

Aims and objectives: To evaluate the incidence of multiresistant bacterial pathogens in patients treating in the respiratory intensive and post-intensive care unit of University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia.

Methods: Between January 2013 and December 2014, patients admitted to the respiratory intensive and post-intensive care unit were enrolled in the study. Respiratory specimens (sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage) were analyzed for all the patients. All bacteria were identified by standard microbiologic methods, and their antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using disk diffusion method.

Results: The frequencies of Gram-positive and Gram-negative multiresistant bacteria were 7.6% and 92.4%, respectively. Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was the most common multiresistant isolate among the Gram-positive organisms, while Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii were the 3 leading Gram-negative isolates. Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated in 0.56% of patients, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 2.45%, Klebsiella pneumoniae 1.84%, while Acinetobacter baumannii in 0.87% of patients.

Conclusions: Gram-negative multiresistant bacteria (P. aeruginosa, ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii) were the most important pathogens. Early bacteriological diagnosis and susceptible testing is required for successful treating of those patients.

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Gordana Pavlisa, Andrea Vukic Dugac, Ana Hecimovic, Hrvoje Puretic, Marko Jakopovic, Miroslav Samarzija
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2016, 48 (suppl 60) PA2629; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA2629

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Microbiological spectrum and susceptibility pattern of clinical isolates from the Respiratory Intensive and Post-Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Pavlisa, Andrea Vukic Dugac, Ana Hecimovic, Hrvoje Puretic, Marko Jakopovic, Miroslav Samarzija
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2016, 48 (suppl 60) PA2629; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2016.PA2629
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