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Isolation of Enterococci in Women and Antibiogram in Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital
Article | IMSEAR | ID: sea-186641
ABSTRACT

Background:

Enterococci are gram positive bacteria under family enterococcaceae which occur in pairs or short chains. Aim of the study The study was conducted on women who are attending to antenatal outpatient department for routine Antenatal / Postnatal checkups and admitted patients with symptomatic bacteriuria and asymptomatic bacteriuria over a period of four years. Materials and

methods:

This study was done in GMH Sultan Bazar during year January 2011 to December 2015. Socio-demographics and other independent variables were collected from each study participants by using self-structured questionnaire. Data collection was done by principal investigator under the supervision of the advisors.

Results:

Out of 1544 samples of urine Enterococci was isolated in 80 samples as pure form and as mixture form along with Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and Proteus species. Age 20-30 years were most common effected.

Conclusion:

Though in various studies the resistance of Enterococci to glycopeptide and vancomycin is reported 1-3% and 11-13%, in our study the Enterococci are 99.75% sensitive to vancomycin which is not routinely used and they are resistant to commonly used penicillin, Methicillin and cephalosporins.

Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Type of study: Qualitative research Year: 2017 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Type of study: Qualitative research Year: 2017 Type: Article