Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify multi-drug resistance (MDR) in the main enterobacteriaceae implicated in urinary tract infections (Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae) from both, community and hospitalized patients and to analyze the evolution over a 12-year period.
Methods: Microb Dynamic software was used to analyze the microbiology laboratory database and a chi square test was applied to compare differences in group proportions and to determine the linear trend over 12 years in three different periods: 2003-2006, 2007-2010, 2011-2014. We chose amoxicillin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole as MDR markers.
Results: A total of 39,980 positive urine samples were analyzed, 34,564 (3786 from hospitalized patients and 30,778 from non-hospitalized patients) E. coli isolates, and 5,422 (774 from hospitalized patients and 4,648 from non-hospitalized patients) K. pneumoniae isolates. The prevalence of UTI due to MDR E. coli and MDR K. pneumoniae significantly increased in the period studied, both in hospitalized and outpatients. A higher percentage of MDR E. coli (5.89% in 2007-2010 versus 8.18% in 2011-2014) and MDR K. pneumoniae (2.38% in 2007-2010 versus 9.35% in 2011-2014) was evident and maintained constant over time in hospitalized patients in comparison to non-hospitalized ones. Infection due to MDR ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae increased significantly during the last 8 years in both, hospitalized (20% versus 38% and 66.8% versus 82.6%, respectively) and non-hospitalized patients (18.2% versus 23.6% and 51% versus 74.6%, respectively).
Conclusions: This study includes data of a large sample size of urinary strains isolated over a 12 year period and demonstrates that MDR is an increasing phenomenon of particular importance in the main UTI-causing species.
Keywords: Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Multidrug resistance; Multirresistencia a antibióticos; Uropathogens; Uropatógenos.
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