Author(s)

Majesté Ihou Wateba, Kanyni Ekoue-Kouvahey, Abago Balaka, Komivi Tsatsu, Ousseni Tidjani

Department of Infectious Diseases and Pneumology, CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Lomé, Togo.
Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Sylvanus Olympio, Lomé, Togo.
Medical Center of NGO VISA, Lomé, Togo.

Objective: Describe resistance to beta lactam antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in community infection within HIV-1 infected persons. Methods: We have studied prospectively from June 15th to December 31st 2013 inthe Clinic Hotel-Dieu and NGO VISA of Lomé, adult HIV-1 infected patients under anti retroviral therapy combining tenofovir, lamivudine and efavirenz for at least one year. The technique of agar diffusion susceptibility using discs of Ticarcillin + clavulanic acid is used to study the β-lactamase production. The diagnosis of species was performed by the chloroform test and the test for sensitivity to kanamycin and colistin. Results: Thirty five strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were obtained. The T-lymphocytes CD4 mediane was 575 cells/mm3 of blood. Urine represented 15 cases, skin abscesses 11 cases, externa suppurate otitis 7 cases and vaginal swab for 2 cases. The phenotypes were: wild phenotypes 23 cases (65.7%), resistant phenotypes 12 cases. Among resistant phenotypes, 4 were complex phenotype; 5 were ESBL phenotypes; 2 were hyper productive cephalosporinases phenotypes and 1 was a specific phenotype with impermeability to imipenem. Conclusion: The acquisition of resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to beta lactam antibiotics in community infections among HIV-1 infected person incentives controls and promotes the rational use of antibiotics.

HIV-1; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance Phenotypes; Beta Lactam Antibiotic

Wateba, M. , Ekoue-Kouvahey, K. , Balaka, A. , Tsatsu, K. and Tidjani, O. (2014) Resistance to Beta Lactam Antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated in Community Infections within HIV Infected Persons in Lomé-Togo. World Journal of AIDS, 4, 81-84. doi: 10.4236/wja.2014.41010.