Vicissitudes of Antimicrobial Resistance to Imipenem in Gram-negative Bacilli / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate the vicissitudes of antimicrobial resistance to imipenem in Gram-negative bacilli isolated from clinical specimens.METHODS Gram-negative bacilli were isolated from various clinical specimens in our hosptial from Oct 2003 to Jun 2006.The identification and antimicrobiol susceptiblity test were determined by VITEK-AMS Full Automated Microbiology Analyzer.RESULTS A total of 2045 strains of Gram-negative bacilli were isolated,including 35 species.From them 912 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and 1120 isolates of non-fermenters accounted for 44.6% and 54.8%,respectively.The most predominant pathogens were Pseudomonas aeruginosa(21.1%),Escherichia coli(20.4%),Acinetobacter baumannii(14.2%),Klebsiella pneumoniae(9.4%),and Burkholderia cepacia(7.9%).The resistance rate of Enterobacteriaceae to imipenem was very low.The rates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia,B.cepacia,Chryseobacterium meningosepticum,P.aeruginosa and A.baumannii to imipenem were 100.0%,98.6%,98.3%,22.3% and 20.6%.CONCLUSIONS Non-fermenters are predominant pathogens.Imipenem has high antimicrobial activity to Enterobacteriaceae in vitro,but not to non-fermenters.The resistance rates of P.aeruginosa and A.baumannii to imipenem increase gradually.