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Nzalie RN, Gonsu HK, Koulla-Shiro S. Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City. Int J Microbiol. 2016;2016:3240268doi: 10.1155/2016/3240268.
Nzalie, R. N., Gonsu, H. K., & Koulla-Shiro, S. (2016). Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City. International journal of microbiology, 20163240268. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3240268
Nzalie, Rolf Nyah-Tuku, et al. "Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City." International journal of microbiology vol. 2016 (2016): 3240268. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3240268
Nzalie RN, Gonsu HK, Koulla-Shiro S. Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City. Int J Microbiol. 2016;2016:3240268. doi: 10.1155/2016/3240268. Epub 2016 Sep 07. PMID: 27667998; PMCID: PMC5030431.
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Int J Microbiol. 2016;2016:3240268. doi: 10.1155/2016/3240268. Epub 2016 Sep 07.

Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City.

International journal of microbiology

Rolf Nyah-Tuku Nzalie, Hortense Kamga Gonsu, Sinata Koulla-Shiro

Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  2. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Microbiology Laboratory, Yaoundé University Hospital Centre, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  3. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Infectious Disease Unit, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon; National Research Agency on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

PMID: 27667998 PMCID: PMC5030431 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3240268

Abstract

Introduction. Community-acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are usually treated empirically. Geographical variations in etiologic agents and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns are common. Knowledge of antibiotic resistance trends is important for improving evidence-based recommendations for empirical treatment of UTIs. Our aim was to determine the major bacterial etiologies of CAUTIs and their antibiotic resistance patterns in a cosmopolitan area of Cameroon for comparison with prescription practices of local physicians. Methods. We performed a cross-sectional descriptive study at two main hospitals in Yaoundé, collecting a clean-catch mid-stream urine sample from 92 patients having a clinical diagnosis of UTI. The empirical antibiotherapy was noted, and identification of bacterial species was done on CLED agar; antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Results. A total of 55 patients had samples positive for a UTI. Ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid were the most empirically prescribed antibiotics (30.9% and 23.6%, resp.); bacterial isolates showed high prevalence of resistance to both compounds. Escherichia coli (50.9%) was the most common pathogen, followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (16.4%). Prevalence of resistance for ciprofloxacin was higher compared to newer quinolones. Conclusions. E. coli and K. pneumoniae were the predominant bacterial etiologies; the prevalence of resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics was high.

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