Five year evaluation of cefalosporins and quinolones susceptibility pattens of gram negative bacteria isolated from blood cultures at a Brazilian university hospital

Orientadores: Angelica Zaninelli Schreiber, Plinio TrabassoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias MedicasResumo: Bacteriemias são ocorrências relacionadas a diferentes processos patológicos e em grande parte associadas a infecções hospitalares. Podem ser causadas por diferentes tipos de microrganismos, sendo os Gram negativos, em especial, os bacilos, responsáveis por grande número destas. O diagnóstico laboratorial envolve coleta de hemoculturas, isolamento e identificação do agente e avaliação de sua sensibilidade aos antimicrobianos. Com o aumento da sobrevida de pacientes com doenças de base muito graves e o uso indiscriminado de antimicrobianos de amplo espectro, são crescentes os relatos de desenvolvimento de resistência dos microrganismos aos antimicrobianos em uso. Trata-se este de estudo retrospectivo que buscou avaliar a prevalência e o perfil de resistência dos principais bacilos Gram negativos isolados a partir de hemoculturas de pacientes adultos, internados no HC-UNICAMP frente a antimicrobianos selecionados e correlação da tendência da resistência aos antimicrobianos com a estimativa de utilização destes antibióticos durante o período de 2000 a 2004. Neste período, os bacilos Gram negativos mais prevalentes foram Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Acinetobacter baumanii. Foi possível observar ao longo do período estudado uma alteração no perfil de freqüência dos bacilos Gram negativos encontrados nas hemoculturas, havendo permuta de Enterobacter cloacae por cepas de Klebsiella pneumoniae ao longo do tempo. O consumo aumentado de cefalosporinas de terceira e quarta geração no HC-UNICAMP pôde ser correlacionado de forma significativa a uma maior taxa de resistência de Klebsiella pneumoniae resistente. O aumento no consumo de quinolonas pôde ser correlacionado de forma significativa com aumento de resistência dos bacilos Gram negativos até o ano de 2002, excetuando a Klebsiella pneumoniae que manteve os níveis de resistência até 2004Abstract: Bacteriemias are events related to different diseases, mostly hospital infections. They can be caused by many different microorganisms, but the Gram negative bacilli are often responsible for them. The laboratory diagnosis includes blood sampling, isolation and identification of the microorganism, and evaluation of its susceptibility to the available antibiotics. Increases in prevalence of these resistant pathogens in hospitals are frequently related to high selective pressure commonly used in hospitalized patients, almost always represented by older and debilitated individuals. This is a retrospective study of the prevalence and resistance of pathogens isolated from the blood of patients in the Hospital das Clínicas UNICAMP, during the years 2000-2004, and the correlation of the intensive use of some proposed antibiotics. During this period the most commonly isolated microorganisms were: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumanii. We observed an alteration of this profile during the study, having Klebsiella pneumoniae replaced the Enterobacter cloacae 's score. The increasing utilization of broad expect rum cephalosporin's in HC UNICAMP was related to the highest resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to these drugs. The ever increasing use of quinolones could be related in a very considerable way to the increasing resistance of all Gram negative bacilli until the year of 2002, when it declined but not for Klebsiella pneumoniae which was prolonged during all the time of the studyMestradoPatologia ClinicaMestre em Ciências Médica

Microbiological characteristics of sepsis in a university hospital

Microbiological characteristics of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance are well studied, although in State University of Campinas, no data has been published yet. The main agents related to sepsis and antimicrobial resistance were analyzed. The blood culture records requested from 4,793 hospitalized patients were analyzed. The samples were processed using the Bact/Alert (R) system for agent identification and antimicrobial susceptibility. A total of 1,017 patients met the inclusion criteria for a sepsis diagnosis, with 2,309 samples tested (2.27 samples/patient). There were 489 positive samples (21% positive) isolated from 337 patients (33.13%), but more rigorous criteria excluding potential contaminants resulted in analysis being restricted to 266 patients (315 agents). The prevalent microorganisms were coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CNS) (15.87%), Escherichia coli (13.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (11.7%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (9.8%), Enterobacter sp (9.5%), Acinetobacter baumannii (9.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.7%) and Candida sp (5.1%). Examining antimicrobial resistance in the agents revealed that 51% of the S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 80% of the CNS isolates were oxacillin-resistant. For A. baumannii, the ideal profile drugs were ampicillin sulbactam and piperacillin/tazobactam, and for P. aeruginosa, they were piperacillin/tazobactam and ceftazidime. Enterobacteria showed on average 32.5% and 35.7% resistance to beta-lactams and ciprofloxacin, respectively. When all Gram-negative bacteria were considered, the resistance to beta-lactams rose to 40.5%, and the resistance to ciprofloxacin rose to 42.3%. Eighty percent of the agents identified in blood cultures from patients with sepsis belonged to a group of eight different agents. For empirical treatment, carbapenems and vancomycin unfortunately still remain the best therapeutic choice, except for A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa, for which piperacillin/tazobactan is the best option15FAEPEX: Fundo de apoio ao ensino, a pesquisa e a extensã

Microbiological Characteristics Of Sepsis In A University Hospital.

Microbiological characteristics of sepsis and antimicrobial resistance are well studied, although in State University of Campinas, no data has been published yet. The main agents related to sepsis and antimicrobial resistance were analyzed. The blood culture records requested from 4,793 hospitalized patients were analyzed. The samples were processed using the Bact/Alert system for agent identification and antimicrobial susceptibility. A total of 1,017 patients met the inclusion criteria for a sepsis diagnosis, with 2,309 samples tested (2.27 samples/patient). There were 489 positive samples (21% positive) isolated from 337 patients (33.13%), but more rigorous criteria excluding potential contaminants resulted in analysis being restricted to 266 patients (315 agents). The prevalent microorganisms were coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CNS) (15.87%), Escherichia coli (13.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (11.7%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (9.8%), Enterobacter sp (9.5%), Acinetobacter baumannii (9.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.7%) and Candida sp (5.1%). Examining antimicrobial resistance in the agents revealed that 51% of the S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 80% of the CNS isolates were oxacillin-resistant. For A. baumannii, the ideal profile drugs were ampicillin sulbactam and piperacillin/tazobactam, and for P. aeruginosa, they were piperacillin/tazobactam and ceftazidime. Enterobacteria showed on average 32.5% and 35.7% resistance to beta-lactams and ciprofloxacin, respectively. When all Gram-negative bacteria were considered, the resistance to beta-lactams rose to 40.5%, and the resistance to ciprofloxacin rose to 42.3%. Eighty percent of the agents identified in blood cultures from patients with sepsis belonged to a group of eight different agents. For empirical treatment, carbapenems and vancomycin unfortunately still remain the best therapeutic choice, except for A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa, for which piperacillin/tazobactan is the best option.155

Epidemiologia molecular de um surto de bacteriemia por Enterobacter cloacae e Enterobacter agglomerans ocorrido na região de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

A total of 73 isolates (57 Enterobacter cloacae and 16 Enterobacter agglomerans), recovered during an outbreak of bacteremia in the Campinas area, São Paulo, Brazil, were studied. Of these isolates, 61 were from parenteral nutrition solutions, 9 from blood cultures, 2 from a sealed bottle of parenteral nutrition solution, and one was of unknown origin. Of the 57 E. cloacae isolates, 54 were biotype 26, two were biotype 66 and one was non-typable. Of 39 E. cloacae isolates submitted to ribotyping, 87.2% showed the same banding pattern after cleavage with EcoRI and BamHI. No important differences were observed in the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among E. cloacae isolates exhibiting the same biotype, serotype and ribotype. All E. agglomerans isolates, irrespective of their origin, showed same patterns when cleaved with EcoRI and BamHI. The results of this investigation suggest an intrinsic contamination of parenteral nutrition solutions and incriminate these products as a vehicle of infection in this outbreak.Foram estudadas um total de 73 cepas (57 de E. cloacae e 16 E. agglomerans), isoladas durante um surto de bacteriemia ocorrido na região de Campinas, S. Paulo. Entre estas cepas, 61 foram isoladas de solução de nutrição parenteral, 9 de sangue, 2 de bolsa fechada de solução de nutrição parenteral e uma era de origem desconhecida. Entre as 57 cepas de E. cloacae, a maioria das cepas foram do biotipo 26/sorotipo O3 (39 cepas) e do biotipo 26/OR (13). Entre as 39 cepas de E. cloacae ribotipadas, 87,2% apresentaram o mesmo padrão de bandas com EcoRI e BamHI. Cepas de E. cloacae pertencentes ao mesmo biotipo, sorotipo e ribotipo não apresentaram diferenças significativas em relação ao padrão de sensibilidade aos agentes antimicrobianos. Todas as cepas de E. agglomerans, independente da origem, pertenciam ao mesmo ribotipo após a clivagem com EcoRI e BamHI. Os resultados obtidos sugerem uma contaminação intrínseca das soluções de nutrição parenteral, incriminando-as como o veículo de transmissão dos agentes etiológicos do surto

Arcanobacterium pyogenes Sepsis in Farmer, Brazil

[No abstract available]15711311132Nattermann, H., Horsch, F., The Corynebacterium pyogenes infection in cattle. I. Incidence of the pathogen (1977) Arch Exp Veterinarmed, 31, pp. 405-413. , in GermanIde, A., Decostere, A., Stuer, P., Stuer, E., De Laere, A., Verlinde, T., Arcanobacterium pyogenes spondylodiscitis in a veterinary surgeon: Plea for cooperation between medical and veterinary microbiologists in identification of causal agents of zoonotic infections (2006) Clin Microbiol News, 28, pp. 163-167. , DOI: 10.1016/j. clinmicnews.2006.10.004Plamondon, M., Martinez, G., Raynal, L., Touchette, M., Valiquette, L., A fatal case of Arcanobacterium pyogenes endocarditis in a man with no identified animal contact: Case report and review of the literature (2007) Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 26, pp. 663-666. , DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0354-9Hermida Ameijeras A, Romero Jung P, Cabarcos Ortiz de Barron A, Treviño Castallo M. One case of pneumonia with Arcanobacterium pyogenes [in Spanish]. An Med Interna (Madrid). 2004;21:334-6Altschul, S.F., Madden, T.L., Schäffer, A.A., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Miller, W., Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: A new generation of protein database search programs (1997) Nucleic Acids Res, 25, pp. 3389-3402. , DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.17.3389Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M, Kumar S. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol Biol Evol. 2007;24:1596-9. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm092Thompson, J.D., Gibson, T.J., Plewniak, F., Jeanmougin, F., Higgins, D.G., The CLUSTAL X Windows interface: Flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools (1997) Nucleic Acids Res, 25, pp. 4876-4882. , DOI: 10.1093/ nar/25.24.4876Saitou, N., Nei, M., The neighbor-joining method: A new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees (1987) Mol Biol Evol, 4, pp. 406-425Felsenstein, J., Confidence limits on phylogenies: An approach using the bootstrap (1985) Evolution Int J Org Evolution, 39, pp. 783-789Yoshimura, H., Kojima, A., Ishimaru, M., Antimicrobial susceptibility of Arcanobacterium pyogenes isolated from cattle and pigs (2000) J Vet Med, 47, pp. 139-143. , DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2000.00315.

Low Prevalence Of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Colonization In Intensive Care Patients In A Brazilian Teaching Hospital.

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important pathogens involved in nosocomial infections. Colonization precedes infection and the number of colonized individuals is about 10 times higher than the number of infected patients. We examined VRE colonization in two intensive care units from October 2003 to June 2004. Perirectal swab specimens were obtained from all patients, starting on the 5th day after admission, and then weekly. A total of 249 swabs were obtained from 112 patients. Nine patients had VRE-positive swabs, giving a positive rate of 8.0%. The rate of patients colonized by V-R E. faecalis was 1.8% (n=2), 4.5% by V-R E. gallinarun (n=5) and 1.8% by V-R E. casseliflavus (n=2). No V-R E. faeciun was isolated. None of the patients that had been colonized by VRE were found to be infected by these pathogens. In summary, a low prevalence of colonization by VRE was found in our institution. Only a structured surveillance program, based on active searching, was able to detect this low number of cases.10239-4

Low prevalence of vancomycin resistant enterococci colonization in intensive care patients in a Brazilian teaching hospital

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are important pathogens involved in nosocomial infections. Colonization precedes infection and the number of colonized individuals is about 10 times higher than the number of infected patients. We examined VRE colonization in two intensive care units from October 2003 to June 2004. Perirectal swab specimens were obtained from all patients, starting on the 5th day after admission, and then weekly. A total of 249 swabs were obtained from 112 patients. Nine patients had VRE-positive swabs, giving a positive rate of 8.0%. The rate of patients colonized by V-R E. faecalis was 1.8% (n=2), 4.5% by V-R E. gallinarun (n=5) and 1.8% by V-R E. casseliflavus (n=2). No V-R E. faeciun was isolated. None of the patients that had been colonized by VRE were found to be infected by these pathogens. In summary, a low prevalence of colonization by VRE was found in our institution. Only a structured surveillance program, based on active searching, was able to detect this low number of cases