Prevalence, Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Associated Risk Factors of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Bacteria Infection Among Under-Five Children With Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Attending Sheik Hassan Yebere Referral Hospital, Jig-Jiga, Ethiopia (original) (raw)
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Purpose: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major cause of pneumoniae infection among under-five children that leads to high morbidity and mortality. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of Streptococcus pneumoniae in under-five children of an acute respiratory infection, assess its antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and define the associated factors. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 384 under-five children of acute respiratory infection attending outpatient department of Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia, from March 1 to 30, 2020. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected from the study participants using a structured questionnaire. Sputum samples were collected and processed to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogen using the culture and biochemical tests as per the standard procedures. The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed by using Statistical Product and Service Solutions version 22. Results: The proportion of Streptococcus pneumoniae in under-five children with acute respiratory infection was 11.2%. About 50% of isolated Streptococcus pneumoniae was resistant to tetracycline and cotrimoxazole, whereas more than 90% of it was susceptible to Ceftriaxone and amoxicillin-clavulanate. Children who lived in rural areas were 3.6 times more likely to have S. pneumoniae compared to children who lived in urban areas (AOR: 3.6, 95% CI: 1.2-11) and children with familysmokers in a house were 3 times at risk to be infected with S. pneumoniae (AOR: 3, 95% CI: 1.8-8.0). Conclusion: High antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae against tetracycline and cotrimoxazole was observed and children who lived in rural areas and live with a family of cigarette smoker are factors associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Therefore, providing health educations to the family of children rural residents and isolating smokers from the house where children lived are recommended actions to reduce bacteria caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) remains one of the most important pathogens causing childhood infections. The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a leading cause of treatment failure in children. The purpose of this investigation is to report the antibiotic and multidrug resistance (MDR) of S. pneumoniae strains isolated from healthy children throughout the years 2020–2022. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of S. pneumoniae strains in selected antimicrobials was performed using disk diffusion and E-test methods on bloodMueller–Hinton agar. The antimicrobials tested included oxacillin, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, norfloxacin, gentamicin, vancomycin, erythromycin, clindamycin, pristinamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. A total of 201 S. pneumoniae strains were isolated from the nasopharynx of healthy children in Marrakesh, Morocco. The highest rate of resistance of S. pneumoniae was found in penicillin (57.2%), followed by tetracy...
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Background. To assist the Central African Republic (CAR) develop national guidelines for treating children with pneumonia, a survey was conducted to determine antimicrobial resistance rates of nasopharyngeal isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) and Haemophilus influenzae (HI). Secondary purposes of the survey were to identify risk factors associated with carriage of a resistant isolate and to compare the survey methods of including only children with pneumonia vs. including all ill children. Methods. A cross-sectional survey of 371 ill children was conducted at 2 outpatient clinics in Bangui, CAR. Results. In all 272 SP isolates and 73 HI isolates were cultured. SP resistance rates to penicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), tetracycline and chloramphenicol were 8.8, 6.3, 42.3 and 9.2%, respectively. All penicillin-resistant SP isolates were intermediately resistant. HI resistance rates to ampicillin, TMP-SMX and chloramphenicol were 1.4, 12.3 and 0%, respectively. The most common SP serotypes/groups were 19, 14, 6 and 1; 49% of HI isolates were type b. History of antimicrobial use in the previous 7 days was the only factor associated with carriage of a resistant isolate. Resistance rates were similar among ill children regardless of whether they had pneumonia. Conclusions. Resistance rates were low for antimicrobials recommended by the World Health Organization for children with pneumonia. We recommended TMP-SMX as the first line treatment for pneumonia in CAR because of its low cost, ease of dosing and activity against malaria.
Jornal De Pediatria, 2009
Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococci) in the nasopharynx of healthy children enrolled in public day-care centers of the municipality of Umuarama, state of Paraná, Brazil. The susceptibility of the pneumococcal strains to antimicrobial agents was also studied. Methods: Nasopharyngeal specimens from 212 children were collected from April to October 2008. After the specimens were seeded onto blood agar and incubated at 37 °C for 24-48 hours, the colonies suspected of belonging to S. pneumoniae were identified using α-hemolysis, optochin sensitivity, and bile solubility test. Penicillin susceptibility was investigated using the disk diffusion and dilution tests. Susceptibility to the other antimicrobial agents indicated for the treatment of pneumococcal infections was investigated using the disk diffusion test. Results: The prevalence of nasopharyngeal pneumococci was 43.4% (92/212), with higher rates in children between 2 and 5 years old (p = 0.0005). There was no significant difference between sexes. Intermediate and full resistance to penicillin were found in 34.8 (32/92) and 22.8% (21/92) isolates, respectively. Sixty-seven strains (72.8%) were resistant to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, eight (8.7%) were resistant to erythromycin, and six (6.5%) to tetracycline. One strain was resistant to clindamycin (1.1%) and another was resistant to chloramphenicol (1.1%). All strains were sensitive to levofloxacin, ofloxacin, rifampicin, telithromycin, linezolid, and vancomycin. Nine strains were considered multiresistant because they were resistant to three or more classes of antimicrobial agents. Conclusions: The present study detected a high prevalence of healthy children colonized with penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae strains who may be important reservoirs of this pathogen in the community.
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2015
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide with increasing antimicrobial resistance. 600 randomly chosen asymptomatic healthy children aged 2-60 months attending Alexandria University Children's Hospital were evaluated for prevalence of nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage of S. pneumoniae. Prevalence of NP carriage was 29.2% (n ¼ 175/600) Capsular serotyping was done using Quellung reaction. Vaccine covered serotypes (VST) represented 67.4% while non-vaccine serotypes (NVST) were 32.6%. The most common VST isolated were 19F (24.6%), 6B (14.3%) and 6A (10.9%). Confirmation of serotyping was performed by multiplex PCR which showed 100% concordance with the Quellung reaction. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed penicillin non-susceptibility of 15% (using non-meningitis penicillin MIC breakpoints) and 55% (using meningitis penicillin MIC breakpoints). Highest resistance was found in sulphamethoxazole-trimethoprim (55%), tetracyclins (49%), erythromycin (40%) and clindamycin (25%). This study revealed the epidemiological importance to evaluate regularly the prevalence, serotypes and the increasing antimicrobial resistance of S. pneumoniae in the community.
Data have been obtained on dynamics of antibiotic susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates circulating in preschool children suffering from respiratory patholo-gies, in the city of Kazan in the years 2009–2015. The high activity of β-lactam antibiotics (from 96 to 90.8 %, depending on the period considered), macrolides (from 83.7 to 93.4 %), and ciprofloxacin (78.9–73.5 %) for the causal treatment of pneumococcal infections. No vancomycin-resistant strains of pneumococci were registered. Comparative analysis of 2009– 2011 and 2015 showed a statistically significant increase of the ratio of resistant strains to penicillin (3.5 %), amoxicillin/ clavulanate (3.9 %), amoxicillin (5.3 %), clarithromycin (3.6 %), clindamycin (2.9 %), ceftriaxone (5.2 %), and cefixime (2.3 %). According to data on serotyping of isolates, serotypes of S. pneumoniae are covered by the 13-valent conjugate vaccine currently used in children by the national calendar of preventive vaccination.
2010
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most significant bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia among children under five years worldwide. Updated resistance information of S. pneumoniae among children is essential to adjust the recommendations for empirical treatment of community-acquired pneumonia, which will have immense implications for local and global health. This study investigated the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in isolated strains of S. pneumoniae and relationship with antibiotic use and demographic factors of children under five in rural Vietnam in 2007. Methods: In Bavi district, 847 children 6 to 60 months were selected from 847 households. The main childcaregivers in the households were interviewed weekly using structured questionnaires to collect information of daily illness symptoms and drug use for the selected child over a four-week period (from March through June 2007). In the 3 rd week, the children were invited for a clinical examination and to collect nasopharyngeal samples for S. pneumoniae identification. Etest and disk diffusion were used to test antibiotic susceptibility. Results: Of 818 participating children, 258 (32%) had ongoing respiratory infections, 421 (52%) carried S. pneumoniae, and 477 (58%) had used antibiotics within the previous three weeks. Of the 421 isolates, 95% were resistant to at least one antibiotic (401/421). Resistance to co-trimoxazole, tetracycline, phenoxymethylpenicillin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin was 78%, 75%, 75%, 70% and 28%, respectively. Low resistance was noted for amoxicillin (4%), benzylpenicillin (4%), and cefotaxime (2%). The intermediate resistance to amoxicillin was 32%. Multidrug-resistance was seen in 60%. The most common pattern was co-resistance to co-trimoxazole, tetracycline and erythromycin. The proportion of children carrying resistant bacteria was higher among the children who had used antibiotics in the previous three weeks.
Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background: Over the past several decades, antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has dramatically increased worldwide. Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to detect and monitor the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae among under five years old children as carrier. Methodology: The cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Dhaka, Bangladesh from July 2016 to June 2017 Data were collected among 200 under five children from Pediatric OPD of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Streptococcus pneumoniae were isolated and identified by culture, Gram staining and biochemical test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test for S. pneumoniae was performed by disc-diffusion method. Results: Out of 200 nasopharyngeal swabs, 67(33.50%) isolates were positive by culture. Among 67 isolated Streptococcus pneumoniae, all the isolates were susceptible to penicillins, cephalosporins, glycope...