Open AccessAntimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Klebsiella Species from Various Clinical Samples at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
K. Sathyavathy,
B. Kiran Madhusudhan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i1230571
Subject(s) - cefotaxime , ceftazidime , klebsiella pneumoniae , klebsiella oxytoca , klebsiella , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , ampicillin , antibiotic resistance , medicine , sputum , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , tuberculosis , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pathology , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
The aim of the study was to investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Klebsiella species from different clinical samples at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, India. Overall 189 samples out of 980 non repetitive clinical samples obtained from wound/pus, urine, sputum swab and blood by disc diffusion method and identified as Klebsiella and analysed. Out of total 189 Klebsiella isolates, 76 out of 155 K. pneumoniae (49%) were resistant and none out of 34 Klebsiella oxytoca (0%) showed resistance to cefotaxime and ceftazidime by disc diffusion method. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Klebsiella exhibited 100% resistance to Ampicillin. The present study highlights the need for the continued monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of important bacterial pathogens, so that rational antibiotic policies can be formulated.