Levofloxacin Resistance in Blood and Urine Culture Samples in Khalij Fars Hospital of Bushehr

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HADAVAND F.; VAHDAT K.; YAZDANI S.; MOTAMED N.

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Journal: IRANIAN SOUTH MEDICAL JOURNAL (ISMJ) Year:2017 | Volume:20 | Issue:5 Page(s): 492-500

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Levofloxacin Resistance in Blood and Urine Culture Samples in Khalij Fars Hospital of Bushehr

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HADAVAND F. | VAHDAT K. | YAZDANI S. | MOTAMED N. | Issue Writer Certificate

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Abstract

Background: Due to broad spectrum antimicrobial activity of levofloxacin, it has been used widely around the world. Recently levofloxacin-Resistance reports have been published. This study was done to evaluate Resistance to levofloxacin in positive urine and blood cultures in Persian Gulf hospital in Bushehr, during 2015-16. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study all positive urine and blood cultures were enrolled, if the amount of the isolated pathogen colony counts were more than 105. Culture samples were divided into 3 groups including sensitive, intermediate and resistant; based on bacterial growth around discs. SPSS version 18. 0 was used as the statistical analysis program, and a p-value of less than 0. 05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Cultures belonged to 150 patients including 61 (%40. 7) male and 89 (%59. 3) female subjects with mean age of 42. 98 ± 29. 25 years were studied. Culture samples were consisted of urine (% 50. 7) and blood cultures (% 49. 3). E. coli was the most common pathogen (% 46) and Klebsiella (% 16. 7) was the second pathogen in all cultures. Regarding sensitivity to levofloxacin, 119 (% 79. 3) samples were sensitive, 22 (% 14. 7) culture had intermediate sensitivity and 9 (%6) samples were resistant to levofloxacin. The only resistant pathogen was E. coli. Conclusion: This study showed that levofloxacin has good activity against many pathogens except for E. coli infections that showed some Resistance. However, it can still be a good choice in treatment of most infections.

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HADAVAND, F., VAHDAT, K., YAZDANI, S., & MOTAMED, N.. (2017). Levofloxacin Resistance in Blood and Urine Culture Samples in Khalij Fars Hospital of Bushehr. IRANIAN SOUTH MEDICAL JOURNAL (ISMJ), 20(5 ), 492-500. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/33860/en

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HADAVAND F., VAHDAT K., YAZDANI S., MOTAMED N.. Levofloxacin Resistance in Blood and Urine Culture Samples in Khalij Fars Hospital of Bushehr. IRANIAN SOUTH MEDICAL JOURNAL (ISMJ)[Internet]. 2017;20(5 ):492-500. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/33860/en

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F. HADAVAND, K. VAHDAT, S. YAZDANI, and N. MOTAMED, “Levofloxacin Resistance in Blood and Urine Culture Samples in Khalij Fars Hospital of Bushehr,” IRANIAN SOUTH MEDICAL JOURNAL (ISMJ), vol. 20, no. 5 , pp. 492–500, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/33860/en

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