Affiliation:
1. MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly-243202, U.P., India.
2. Professor, Department of Microbiology, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly-243202, U.P., India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly-243202, U.P., India.
Abstract
Background: Multidrug resistant Citrobacter species are emerging as nosocomial pathogens. Among
the Citrobacter species, C. freundii is the most frequent isolate recovered from various clinical samples.
Aims and objectives: i) To determine the frequency of isolation of Citrobacter from various clinical samples. ii) To analyse the
antibiogram of Citrobacter species with special reference to ESBL production. The prospecti Method: ve study was carried out
for a period of one year. The clinical samples were subjected to culture and sensitivity as per standard conventional methods
and automated Vitek 2 compact system. The frequency of recovery of Citrobacter species was 6.44%, Results: of which the
predominant was C. freundii (86%). Isolation was maximum from indoor patients (78.83%), the commonest sample being pus
(25.9%) followed by urine (22.5%). The ESBL production was detected in 30.03% cases. Nosocomial infections due Conclusion:
to ESBL producing Citrobacter species calls for the need of implementation of effective infection control measures, thus limiting
the burden of this superbug.
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