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Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study
In sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information about the use of microbiology laboratory services in patients with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). This cross-sectional study assessed the requests for urine culture in patients with suspected UTI in two tertiary (maternal and paediatric...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9024669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084865 |
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author | Campbell, Julian S. O. van Henten, Saskia Koroma, Zikan Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Gladys N. Shewade, Hemant Deepak Harries, Anthony D. |
author_facet | Campbell, Julian S. O. van Henten, Saskia Koroma, Zikan Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Gladys N. Shewade, Hemant Deepak Harries, Anthony D. |
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description | In sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information about the use of microbiology laboratory services in patients with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). This cross-sectional study assessed the requests for urine culture in patients with suspected UTI in two tertiary (maternal and paediatric) hospitals—Freetown and Sierra Leone, during May 2017–May 2021—and determined antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns among bacterial isolates. One laboratory served the two hospitals, with its electronic database used to extract information. Overall, there were 980 patients, of whom 168 (17%) had cultures requested and performed. Of these, 75 (45%) were culture positive. During 2017–2019, there were 930 patients, of whom 156 (17%) had cultures performed. During 2020–2021, when services were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 50 patients, of whom 12 (24%) had cultures performed. The four commonest isolates were Escherichia coli (36), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10), Staphylococcus aureus (9), and Pseudomonas spp. (6). There were high levels of AMR, especially for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (47%), nalidixic acid (44%), nitrofurantoin (32%) and cefotaxime (36%). Overall, 41 (55%) bacterial isolates showed multidrug resistance, especially E. coli (58%), Pseudomonas spp. (50%), and S. aureus (44%). These findings support the need for better utilization of clinical microbiology services to guide antibiotic stewardship and monitoring of trends in resistance patterns. |
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spelling | pubmed-90246692022-04-23 Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study Campbell, Julian S. O. van Henten, Saskia Koroma, Zikan Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Gladys N. Shewade, Hemant Deepak Harries, Anthony D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information about the use of microbiology laboratory services in patients with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). This cross-sectional study assessed the requests for urine culture in patients with suspected UTI in two tertiary (maternal and paediatric) hospitals—Freetown and Sierra Leone, during May 2017–May 2021—and determined antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns among bacterial isolates. One laboratory served the two hospitals, with its electronic database used to extract information. Overall, there were 980 patients, of whom 168 (17%) had cultures requested and performed. Of these, 75 (45%) were culture positive. During 2017–2019, there were 930 patients, of whom 156 (17%) had cultures performed. During 2020–2021, when services were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 50 patients, of whom 12 (24%) had cultures performed. The four commonest isolates were Escherichia coli (36), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10), Staphylococcus aureus (9), and Pseudomonas spp. (6). There were high levels of AMR, especially for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (47%), nalidixic acid (44%), nitrofurantoin (32%) and cefotaxime (36%). Overall, 41 (55%) bacterial isolates showed multidrug resistance, especially E. coli (58%), Pseudomonas spp. (50%), and S. aureus (44%). These findings support the need for better utilization of clinical microbiology services to guide antibiotic stewardship and monitoring of trends in resistance patterns. MDPI 2022-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9024669/ /pubmed/35457729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084865 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Campbell, Julian S. O. van Henten, Saskia Koroma, Zikan Kamara, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Gladys N. Shewade, Hemant Deepak Harries, Anthony D. Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Culture Requests and Multi-Drug Resistance among Suspected Urinary Tract Infections in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Freetown, Sierra Leone (2017–21): A Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | culture requests and multi-drug resistance among suspected urinary tract infections in two tertiary hospitals in freetown, sierra leone (2017–21): a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9024669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35457729 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084865 |
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