Carbapenemases producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from the pus of hospitalized patients: In-vitro antibiotic properties of Streptomyces against multidrug resistant infectious bacteria.

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Balamuralikrishnan BalasubramanianReem M Aljowaie

Abstract

Klebsiella pneumoniae is predominantly exists in the pus of the human wounds and it creates massive infections in the skin and causes serious health associated infections. Modern antibiotics are highly active in the treatment of wound infections. In this study was aimed to determine resistance of K. pneumoniae screened from wound specimens of patients. Sample was collected from the pus of the patients associated with secondary infection. Samples were serially diluted and the isolated bacterial strains were characterized by biochemical tests, colony morphology and Gram's staining methods. Resistance of K. pneumoniae was tested using antibiotics such as, Gentamycin, Ampicillin, Tetracycline, Cefurooxime, Oxacillin, Ofloxacin, Erythromycin, Nalidic acid, Cefepine, Piperacillin, Norfloxacin, Imipenem, Nitrofurantoin, Amikacin, Ciprofloxacin, Vancomycin, Meropeneum and Cefotaxime with Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Among the 73 K. pneumoniae strains, four strains produced AmpC and ESBLs, 42 strains produced ESBLs and 7 bacterial strains synthesized only AmpC enzyme. Four stains produced ESBLs and showed multidrug resistance against various antibiotics. Most of the strains synthesized extracellular polysaccharides and mediated bi...Continue Reading

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