title: Susceptibility of Austrian Clinical Klebsiella and Enterobacter Isolates Linked to Patient-Related Data.
abstract: The aim of the study was to analyze the antimicrobial susceptibility of Austrian clinical Klebsiella sp. and Enterobacter sp. isolates linked to patient-related data over a time period from 1998 to 2014. The main findings of this study were (i) a marked difference of antibiotic susceptibility rates between different infection sites for both Klebsiella sp. and Enterobacter sp., (ii) significantly greater percentages of resistant isolates among both Klebsiella sp. and Enterobacter sp. in male patients compared to female patients and (iii) significantly greater percentages of resistant isolates among both Klebsiella sp. and Enterobacter sp. from hospital-derived samples compared to samples from the community. In conclusion, our statistical data analysis clearly indicated a strong association of patient-related data and Klebsiella sp. and Enterobacter sp. susceptibility profiles.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Badura
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pregartner
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Judith C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Holzer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gebhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feierl
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Andrea J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Grisold
keywords: Austria; Enterobacter; Klebsiella; antibiotic resistance; statistical analysis