Bacterial profile and antimicrobian susceptibily pattern of sterile body fluids from Univesitary Hospital of Campos Gerais

Abstract

Sterile body fluids are characterized by the absence of microbiota. A study carried out in Ethiopia showed that the quantity of sterile body fluid cultures is low. With this, the objective of this study was to determine the profile of pathogens isolated in sterile liquid cultures at the Regional University Hospital of Campos Gerais (HURCG) and identify their resistance pattern to antimicrobials. Only clinical data from reports released by the microbiology sector of the HURCG Clinical Analysis Laboratory were collected. Of the 603 sterile liquid cultures that were analyzed over a 2-year period, 15.42% were positive. Among the isolated pathogens, the most prevalent Gram positive was Staphylococcus epidermidis, contrary to the vast majority of previous studies; The most isolated Gram negative was Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL/KPC. Finally, it was concluded that more studies like this need to be carried out in Brazil, in order to generate data to prevent infections and improve the therapeutic approach.