Bacterial Isolates and Antibacterial Resistance Patterns in a Patient with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia.

Abdulhakim Mussema Getnet Mihretie Beyene Mulatu Gashaw

Published in: The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale (2022)

High rates of MDR, ESBL, and carbapenemase producer bacteria were isolated from patients with AECOPD. Empiric antibiotic therapy should consider the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and the factor that may increase the occurrence of MDR bacterial pathogens.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae
acinetobacter baumannii
drug resistant
respiratory failure
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
liver failure
escherichia coli
risk assessment
antimicrobial resistance
risk factors
case report
cell therapy
pseudomonas aeruginosa
bone marrow