title: [Imipenem resistance in Gram-negative rods and its consumption between 1999 and 2005].
abstract: Multidrug resistant Gram-negative rods are increasingly isolated from clinical specimens, especially from hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of imipenem resistant strains of Gram-negative rods isolated in dr. A. Jurasz University Hospital in Bydgoszcz between 1999 and 2005 and imipenem consumption in this period. Out of 109614 isolated microorganisms, Gram-negative rods were 28,5%, 637 (2,0%) of strains were resistant to imipenem. These strains were isolated mostly from patients hospitalized in intensive care and rehabilitation clinics. Among imipenem-resistant strains Pseudomonas aeruginosa prevailed (88,9%). P. aeruginosa strains were sensitive to colistin, 45,5% of them to aztreonam and 44,0% to ceftazidime. The imipenem consumption in the appropriate years included in this study was: 805,00; 1201,25; 940,00; 1390,00; 1660,00; 1341,25; 1841,25 DDD respectively, and was strictly connected with increasing imipenem-resistant Gram-negative rods isolation.
authors: Katedra i Zakład Mikrobiologii, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu.
authors: Eugenia
authors: E
authors: Gospodarek
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Gierlotka
authors: Aleksander
authors: A
authors: Deptuła
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Michalska
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001398:Aztreonam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003091:Colistin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015378:Imipenem / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015780:Carbapenems; D015378:Imipenem; D001398:Aztreonam; D003091:Colistin