Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinically isolated anaerobic bacteria in a University Hospital Centre Split, Croatia in 2013

Anaerobe ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Novak ◽  
Zana Rubic ◽  
Varja Dogas ◽  
Ivana Goic-Barisic ◽  
Marina Radic ◽  
...  
Antibiotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 823
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tarek Badr ◽  
Benjamin Blümel ◽  
Sandra Baumgartner ◽  
Johanna M. A. Komp ◽  
Georg Häcker

Local antimicrobial susceptibility surveys are crucial for optimal empirical therapy guidelines and for aiding in antibiotic stewardship and treatment decisions. For many laboratories, a comprehensive overview of local antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of anaerobic bacteria is still lacking due to the long incubation time and effort involved. The present study investigates the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and related clinical and demographic data of 2856 clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria that were submitted for analysis to the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene of the Freiburg University Medical Center (a tertiary university medical center in Southern Germany) between 2015 and 2019. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing has been carried out according to the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) guideline. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)50 and MIC90 for penicillin, metronidazole, moxifloxacin, and clindamycin were established for Gram-positive anaerobes and for ampicillin-sulbactam, meropenem, metronidazole, moxifloxacin, and clindamycin for Gram-negative anaerobes. The distribution of MIC-values for various antibiotics against anaerobic bacteria was also established, especially for those having no specific breakpoints according to EUCAST guidelines. Most clinically relevant anaerobic bacteria originated from general surgery, neurological, and orthopedic wards. A high proportion of isolates were resistant to moxifloxacin and clindamycin indicating the importance of their susceptibility testing before administration. Based on our study metronidazole and other β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations such as ampicillin-sulbactam remain suitable for empirical treatment of infections with anaerobic bacteria.


Anaerobe ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102446
Author(s):  
J.M. López-Pintor ◽  
S. García-Fernández ◽  
M. Ponce-Alonso ◽  
A.M. Sánchez-Díaz ◽  
P. Ruiz-Garbajosa ◽  
...  

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Jens Strohäker ◽  
Sophia Bareiß ◽  
Silvio Nadalin ◽  
Alfred Königsrainer ◽  
Ruth Ladurner ◽  
...  

(1) Background: Anaerobic infections in hepatobiliary surgery have rarely been addressed. Whereas infectious complications during the perioperative phase of liver resections are common, there are very limited data on the prevalence and clinical role of anaerobes in this context. Given the risk of contaminated bile in liver resections, the goal of our study was to investigate the prevalence and outcome of anaerobic infections in major hepatectomies. (2) Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the charts of 245 consecutive major hepatectomies that were performed at the department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Tuebingen between July 2017 and August 2020. All microbiological cultures were screened for the prevalence of anaerobic bacteria and the patients’ clinical characteristics and outcomes were evaluated. (3) Results: Of the 245 patients, 13 patients suffered from anaerobic infections. Seven had positive cultures from the biliary tract during the primary procedure, while six had positive culture results from samples obtained during the management of complications. Risk factors for anaerobic infections were preoperative biliary stenting (p = 0.002) and bile leaks (p = 0.009). All of these infections had to be treated by intervention and adjunct antibiotic treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics. (4) Conclusions: Anaerobic infections are rare in liver resections. Certain risk factors trigger the antibiotic coverage of anaerobes.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabil Alem ◽  
Mohammed Frikh ◽  
Abdellatif Srifi ◽  
Adil Maleb ◽  
Mariama Chadli ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Lacombe-Antoneli ◽  
S. Píriz ◽  
S. Vadillo

The in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative anaerobic bacilli commonly isolated from footrot in goats was studied. A total of 97 isolates belonging to the genera Dichelobacter, Fusobacterium, Prevotella, Porphyromonas and Bacteroides, obtained from clinical cases of footrot in south-western Spain between March 2000 and May 2001, were tested against 25 antimicrobial agents comprising β-lactams, aminoglycosides, macrolides, chloramphenicol, quinolones, lincosamides, sulphonamides and tetracyclines in order to optimise antibiotic treatment of this disease in goats. β-lactams, tetracyclines and metronidazole displayed the highest in vitro efficacy against the species involved in the pathogenesis of footrot.


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