High drug resistance among Gram-negative bacteria in sputum samples from an intensive care unit in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Objectives

1) To report the number and proportion of Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Burkholderia, Stenotrophomonas (PABS) species among intensive care unit (ICU) patients with sputum culture; and 2) to assess antimicrobial resistance patterns, demographic and clinical characteristics associated with resistance to at least one antibiotic and ICU discharge outcomes among those patients with PABS species admitted to hospital between 14 April 2018 and 13 April 2019.

Design

This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study using secondary data.

Results

Of 166 who underwent sputum culture, 104 (63%) had bacterial growth, of which, 67 (64%) showed PABS species. Of the positive cultures, Pse

SUBMITTER: Ghimire R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature