Trends in antibiotic resistance in bacterial keratitis isolates from South India.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To report trends in antibiotic resistance in cases of bacterial keratitis from a large eye hospital in South India.

Methods

In this retrospective cross-sectional study, the microbiology laboratory records of patients with infectious keratitis diagnosed at an eye hospital in South India from 2002 to 2013 were reviewed to determine the proportion with antibiotic non-susceptibility.

Results

3685 bacterial isolates had susceptibility testing performed over the 12-year period. The two most common organisms with resistance were Streptococcus pneumoniae (n=1204) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n=894). Antibiotic non-susceptibility was generally uncommon for these two organisms and no significant trends were detected over the course of the study. In contrast, Staphylococcus

SUBMITTER: Lalitha P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325411 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature