%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> in Urine Tract Infections at the La Paz Medical Center, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
%A Aleksey Shatalov
%J Open Journal of Medical Microbiology
%P 177-183
%@ 2165-3380
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmm.2015.54022
%X The study was conducted to isolate and determine the antibiotic resistance in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumonia</i> from urine samples over a 2-year period (August 2013-September 2015) at the La Paz Medical Center, Malabo. A retrospective analysis of 785 urine culture samples over a 2-year period August 2013-September 2015 was carried out according to the routine protocol of urinalysis. Bacterial etiological agents were isolated from 155 (19.7%) samples with highest prevalence of <i>Escherichia coli</i> (55.5%) followed by <i>Klebsiella pneumonia</i> (23.2%), <i>Proteus mirabilis</i> (4.5%), <i>Pseudomonas species</i> (3.2%), <i>Enterobacter species</i> (2.6%), <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> (2.6%) and others species (8.4%). The <i>E. coli</i> and <i>K. pneumonia</i> represent 78.7% of all isolated bacterial strains. The <i>E. coli</i> and <i>K. pneumoniae</i> isolates possess highly resistant to ampicillin, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole, Doxycycline, Amoxicicline/Clavulanic acid. Whereas <i>K. pneumonia</i> demonstrated also to be highly resistant to Gentamycin, Cefuroxime and Ceftriaxon, low level of resistance to Piperacilin/Tazobactam, Amikacin and the lowest to Imipenem. The alarming level of MDR strains to the first choice antibiotics treatment was observed.
%K Urine Tract Infections
%K Antibiotic Resistance
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%K Escherichia coli&lt
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%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=61500