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Prevalence dynamics of uropatogens and antimicrobial resistance determinants in children's significant bacteriuria in 2017 and 2019: a monocenter study
Author(s) -
Elizaveta Dmitrievna Shedko,
Anna Lazareva,
S.N. Zorkin,
Irina E. Novikova,
М. Г. Вершинина,
О. Ю. Тимошина,
Е. Н. Головешкина,
А.П. Фисенко,
В. Г. Акимкин
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
detskie infekcii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8139
pISSN - 2072-8107
DOI - 10.22627/2072-8107-2021-20-3-11-17
Subject(s) - antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , antimicrobial , biology , coccus (insect) , ciprofloxacin , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus , medicine , bacteria , genetics , ecology
Urinary tract infections are the second most common infections in children with spreading of antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens currently poses a high epidemiological threat. Purpose. Analysis of species prevalence and the presence of genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance. Materials and methods. In the study 215 midstream urine samples were retrospectively analyzed. Samples were obtained during 2017 and 2019 from patients aged 4 weeks to 17 years at the National Medical Research Center for Children's Health Federal State Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Results. Species of pathogen were identified in 93 samples, while the bacterial composition of other samples was classified as «intestinal flora» ( n = 17), «coccus flora» ( n = 16) or «mixed flora» ( n = 89). The most common types of uropathogens in monopathogenic infections in 2017 and 2019 were Escherichia coli (37.5% and 29.2%, respectively). Among infections caused by multiple pathogens, the most common etiological agents were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus spp. Among all studied samples, 31.9% contained CTX-M-like genes, 5% VIM genes, 1.8% NDM genes, and 3.0% — OXA-48-like genes, and 5.6% of samples contained two and more genetic determinants associated with resistance, with the most prevalent gene combination being the combination of CTX-M- and OXA-48-like genes. In 69 samples with identified species of uropathogens, resistance profile to antimicrobial, determined by microbiological methods, correlated with detected resistance genetic determinants. Conclusion. Authors suggest that introduction of testing for the presence of genes associated with antibacterial resistance to general clinical practice would not only provide an opportunity to conduct epidemiological monitoring of the genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance, but also provide an opportunity to select the correct timely treatment of childhood bacteriuria caused by antibiotic-resistant infectious agents.

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