Title of article
Spreading of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Among the Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Outpatients With Urinary Tract Infection in Zahedan, Southeast Iran
Author/Authors
Shahraki Zahedani، Shahram نويسنده Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , , Moghadampour، Mehdi نويسنده Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran , , Bokaeian، Mohammad نويسنده , , Ansari-Moghaddam، Alireza نويسنده Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Promotion Research Center, Faculty of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan Ansari-Moghaddam, Alireza
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2016
Pages
4
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1
To page
4
Abstract
Background
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) represents a significant and rapid emerging problem around the world. Nowadays, antibiotic resistance determinants are prevalent in both hospital and community strains of Gram-negative enteric bacteria.
Materials and Methods
In this sectional-descriptive study, 87 clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae were collected from outpatients and their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for third-generation cephalosporins and ESBLs production were assessed.
Results
Of 87 K. pneumoniae clinical isolates, 20 (22.9%) isolates represented the ESBLs phenotype.
Conclusions
Our results demonstrated that the resistance to the third-generation cephalosporins in K. pneumoniae strains isolated from outpatients is relatively high in Zahedan.
Journal title
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Serial Year
2016
Journal title
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Record number
2392581
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