Affiliation:
1. M.Sc (Medical Microbiology) Department of Microbiology JLN Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Ajmer , Rajasthan.
2. Sr. Professor and Head Department of Microbiology JLN Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Ajmer, Rajasthan.
3. Asst. Professor, Department of Microbiology JLN Medical College and Associated Group of Hospitals, Ajmer , Rajasthan.
Abstract
Proteus species are amongst the most common predisposed pathogen in hospitals as well as community acquired infections. It's phenomenal
evolution and increase of multi – drug resistance pattern calls for regular review of Antimicrobial resistance pattern in order to initiate customary
antibiotic therapy. Hence, this study was aimed to elucidate the prevalence, isolation and identication of Proteus sp. in various clinical samples
along with their Antimicrobial resistance pattern and ESBL producing strains. T Method : his was a prospective study conducted at the Department
of Microbiology JLN Medical College , Ajmer for the year 2016. Various clinical samples were processed as per standard protocols and Proteus
isolates were conrmed using screening and conrmatory techniques. The prevalence Results: of the Proteus species was observed to be 4.77% . A
total of 8806 samples were received at our lab out of which 3727 samples were culture positive from which 178 (4.77%) samples conrmed the
isolation of Proteus sp. The maximum isolates were from Pus samples (87/178) 48.87% followed by urine (50/178) 28.08%, sputum (11/178)
6.17% , blood (10/178) 5.61%, stool (8/178) 4.49% , vaginal swabs (6/178 ) 3.37% while CSF and other samples contributed 1.68 % each.
P.mirabilis strains showed higher propensity than other strains. The in-patients showed signicantly higher no. of isolates as compared to outpatients . Also age, gender and seasonal trends were observed in patients acquiring the infection. This study showed high Interpretation:
prevalence of Proteus mirabilis in the community under study and these strains have higher anti microbial resistance (AMR). Therefore a regular
funded research to review the AMR pattern can prove to be benecial for the clinician in formulating rational antibiotic policy and also in
controlling resistance.
Subject
Insect Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy,General Chemical Engineering,General Physics and Astronomy,General Mathematics,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,General Physics and Astronomy,Mechanical Engineering,General Materials Science,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,General Physics and Astronomy,Mechanical Engineering,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy,General Chemical Engineering,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Mechanical Engineering,Condensed Matter Physics,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience,Developmental Neuroscience,Neurology,General Medicine,Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics