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Volume 67, Issue 6

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in strains isolated from invasive cases in Brazil from 2009 to 2016 Free

Abstract

To describe the antimicrobial resistance profile of isolates causing invasive disease in Brazil from 2009 to 2016.

Among 3548 isolates received, 2888 (81.4 %) were analysed for antimicrobial resistance using the broth microdilution technique, as recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Isolates were tested for ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, ceftriaxone, penicillin G, ampicillin and rifampin.

All the isolates tested were susceptible to ceftriaxone, while 953 (33.0 %), 1307 (45.3 %) and 2 (0.07 %) isolates were penicillin G-, ampicillin- and rifampin-intermediate, respectively. Resistance to rifampin, ciprofloxacin and chloramphenicol was shown by three isolates (0.1 %), two isolates (0.07 %) and one (0.03 %) isolate, respectively. Although no isolates were resistant to penicillin G in the period of 2009–2016, our results show an upward trend in minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for this drug as of 2010 (<0.001). There was no significant difference between different gender and age groups of patients for reduced susceptibility to penicillin G. There was a higher frequency of isolates with reduced susceptibility to penicillin G in the South and Southeast regions (<0.001). This reduced susceptibility was also associated with serotype 19 inside serogroup B (<0.001).

Despite the decrease in susceptibility to penicillin G and ampicillin observed from 2010, the overall resistance of isolates to the antimicrobials tested remained uncommon and sporadic, confirming their efficacy for chemoprophylaxis or treatment of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Brazil. Continued surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility profiles is important in order to monitor variations in resistance either geographically, over time or in association with emergent clones.

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Keyword(s): antimicrobial susceptibility , meningococcal surveillance and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
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