Multi-Drug Resistance Pattern of Lactose Non-Fermenting Escherichia coli as Causative Agent of Urine Tract Infections in Luanda, Angola ()
ABSTRACT
This prospective study was carried out to assess the sensitivity and resistance pattern of lactose non-fermenting Escherichia coli from July 2018 to December 2018 in the Laboratory of Microbiology at Luanda Medical Center, Angola. Out of 1170 patient, a total of 120 urine specimens infected with Escherichia coli (>105 CFU/ml) were collected according to the routine protocol of urinalysis. Among these 120 isolates, 25 (21%) isolates were determined as “atypical”, lactose non-fermenting E. colis trains. The twenty-five lactose non-fermenting Escherichia coli strains isolated from urine samples in Luanda Medical Center were declared as Multiple Drugs-Resistant strains with high resistance to Cefalexine (100%), Cefuroxime (100%), Ceftriaxone (92%), Gentamycin (92%), Ciprofloxacin (72%) and Amoxiciclin/Clavulanic (80%). The alarming resistance level to the first-choice drugs for the treatment of urinary tract infections caused by non-fermentative lactose E. coli was observed.
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Shatalov, A. (2019) Multi-Drug Resistance Pattern of Lactose Non-Fermenting
Escherichia coli as Causative Agent of Urine Tract Infections in Luanda, Angola.
Open Journal of Medical Microbiology,
9, 1-7. doi:
10.4236/ojmm.2019.91001.