title: Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of selected bacterial isolates in a general hospital in Kuwait.
abstract: During a 7-month period beginning February 1989 a total of 3387 bacteria were isolated aerobically from clinical materials at Al-Adan Hospital laboratory. Their susceptibilities to 14 commonly used antibiotics were analysed. Escherichia coli was the most frequently isolated organism among all Gram-negative bacilli. In general, members belonging to Enterobacteriaceae presented higher resistance to ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole, and cephalothin, the exception being Salmonella spp. Of all the aerobic Gram-positive cocci, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common isolate and showed excellent susceptibility to methicillin (96%) but high resistance to penicillin (94%). We compared our data with susceptibility profiles of 1678 strains isolated in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital during a 4-month period in 1984. This retrospective comparative study in the two hospitals presented some differences, the reasons for which are discussed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratories, Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marafi
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000187:drug effects*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents