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Community acquired multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli in a tertiary care center of Nepal

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2015
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Title
Community acquired multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli in a tertiary care center of Nepal
Published in
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13756-015-0059-2
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Shamshul Ansari, Hari Prasad Nepal, Rajendra Gautam, Sony Shrestha, Puja Neopane, Ganga Gurung, Moti Lal Chapagain

Abstract

Multi-drug resistance (MDR) in Gram-negative organisms is an alarming problem in the world. MDR and extensively-drug resistance (XDR) is in increasing trend due to the production of different types of beta (β)-lactamases. Thus the aim of this study was to document the incidence of MDR and XDR in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and also to find out the enzymatic mechanisms of β-lactam antibiotics resistance. Two hundred clinical isolates of Escherichia coli (E. coli) identified by standard laboratory methods were studied. Antibiotic susceptibility profile was performed for all the isolates and the suspected isolates were phenotypically tested for the production of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), metallo β-lactamase (MBL) and AmpC β-lactamase (AmpC) by recommended methods. Around three-fourth (78%) of the total isolates were multi-drug resistant. ESBL, MBL and AmpC production was found in 24%, 15% and 9% of isolates respectively. Amikacin, chloramphenicol and colistin were found to be the most effective antibiotics. High percentage of MDR was observed. β-lactamase mediated resistance was also high. Thus, regular surveillance of drug resistance due to β-lactamases production and infection control policy are of utmost importance to minimize the spread of resistant strains.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 97 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 19%
Student > Bachelor 15 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 12%
Researcher 11 11%
Student > Postgraduate 4 4%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 28 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 14 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 6%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 32 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 May 2015.
All research outputs
#8,188,106
of 25,250,629 outputs
Outputs from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#753
of 1,445 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#90,589
of 270,792 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#14
of 19 outputs
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