Quésia Souza Damaceno^1*, Jacques Nicoli², Adriana Cristina Oliveira¹

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¹ Departamento de Enfermagem Básica, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
² Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Abstract: Our aim was to determine the epidemiological characteristics, the resistance patterns and the spread of Gram negative bacteria related to colonization of patients in adult Intensive Care Units. Methods: A prospective cohort of patients colonized and/or infected with Gram negative bacteria was conducted at two adult ICUs from hospitals in Brazil (April 2012 to February 2013). Nasal, groin and perineum swabs were performed. Samples were incubated on MacConkey and cetrimide agar (48 h at 37℃) and identification tests (Vitek-BioMérieux), antibiogram (Bauer-Kirby method), Carba NP test, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and sequencing were performed. The patterns of resistant microorganisms were compared by rep-PCR (Diversilab). Results: There were 53 cases of colonization. In these cases, we identified imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (51%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (32%), Klebsiella pneumoniae ESBL (38%) or imipenem resistant (5.6%). The use of antimicrobials and medical devices were related to colonization (p < 0.05). The resistance patterns expressed by Klebsiella pneumoniae were ESBL (CTX-M, SHV e TEM) and KPC2. A verified profile of Acinetobacter baumannii was related to OXA-23 and OXA-253 (OXA-143 variant). The profiles ESBL and KPC2 expressed by Klebsiella pneumoniae were distributed between the both ICUs. The distribution of OXA-23 and OXA-253 was verified only in one ICU. The similarity of strains ranged from 80% to 95%, highlighting the horizontal transference of these microorganisms.

Keywords: Intensive Care Unit, Bacterial, Drug-Resistance, Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria, Colonization

Cite this paper: Damaceno, Q. , Nicoli, J. and Oliveira, A. (2015) Epidemiological Characteristics, Resistance Patterns and Spread of Gram-Negative Bacteria Related to Colonization of Patients in Intensive Care Units. Advances in Infectious Diseases, 5, 14-20. doi: 10.4236/aid.2015.51002.

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