Study about Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia spp. Isolated from Hospitalized Patients and Puncture Technique

Abstract

The retrospective study included 96 Serratia strains isolated from the patients hospitalized in the Clinical County Emergency Hospital Brasov in 2013. The objectives consisted of the evaluation of the frequency and distribution of Serratia species in the hospital departments, analyzing of the infections in which these germs were implicated, and the determination of antimicrobial resistance of the isolated strains. Most frequently Serratia spp. has been implicated in urinary infections (47.9%) followed by respiratory tract infections (14.6%) and varicose ulcer infections (13.5%). The resistance of Serratia strains to β-lactams was high, excepting imipenem (12%). For aminoglycosides, the resistance was higher in the case of gentamicin (90%).