[Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a multicentric study of antibiotic resistance (1999-2000)]. / Pseudomonas aeruginosa: étude multicentrique de la résistance aux antibiotiques (1999-2000).

A retrospective multicentric study was carried out over a period of 2 years (1999-2000). 2659 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected from 4 university hospitals (Charles Nicolle Hospital, Pediatric Hospital and National Centre of Bone Marrow Transplantation in Tunis, Habib Bourguiba Hospital in Sfax). Epidemiological profile and antibiotic susceptibility were analysed. All bacteria were identified by conventional methods and antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed according to CA-SFM guidelines. The strains were recovered essentially from surgical wards (33%) and intensive care units (22%). Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated mainly from pus (36%), urine (32%) and respiratory samples (18%). 25% of strains were resistant to ticarcilline, 18% to cefsulodine, 9% to ceftazidime, 14% to imipenem and amikacin and 25% to ciprofloxacin. Moreover, the resistance rates varied from hospital to hospital and from unit to another. The resistant strains were isolated particularly from urology and intensive care units: respectively 62% and 39% for ticarcilline; 26% and 13% for ceftazidime. The acquired resistance to b-lactams seems largely due to penicillinase production. The frequency of resistance to ceftazidime was the lowest and seems associated to chromosomal cephalosporinase over production.

[Enterococcus faecalis: a multicenter study on antibiotic resistance]. / Enterococcus faecalis: étude multicentrique sur la résistance aux antibiotiques.

676 E. faecalis strains were listed over a period of 2 years from the Charles Nicolle hospital of Tunis (167 strains), the Habib Bourguiba hospital of Sfax (350 strains) and the National Centre of Bone marrow Transplantation of Tunis (159 strains). Antibiotic sensibility study was realized by the method of the antibiogram, E-test method and the search of penicillinase by cefinase. E. faecalis resulted essentially from services of onco-haematology (24%), external consultations (23%), surgery (18%) and medicine (15%). These strains were isolated especially from urines (54%), coprocultures (15%), bloodcultures (11%) and from pus (9%). Resistance acquired with these strains is raised for erythromycin, tetracyclin and chloramphenicol (81% to 86%), followed by high level resistance to gentamicine (37%). 0.1% of E. faecalis strains have a low level resistance to amoxicillin without production of penicillinase. No resistance to vancomycin was observed.