422Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Key Blood and Respiratory Bacterial Isolates from Africa and the Middle East
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Background. Enterobacteriaceae, P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii can cause serious infections, particularly among hospitalized patients. Each of these organism groups have a propensity to exhibit resistance to many of the drugs used to manage the infections that they cause. Therefore, careful monitoring of the resistance patterns they exhibit is warranted. In this study Tigecycline Evaluation Surveillance Trial (TEST) program data were used to evaluate the in vitro activity of several key drugs against blood and respiratory isolates from Africa and the Middle East (AFME). Methods. A total of 1,591 isolates collected from AFME (Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Tunisia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia; 2011-2013) were identified and tested locally by broth microdilution according to CLSI guidelines. All data were collected centrally at IHMA for analysis. Results. The activities of the various drugs according to specimen source and organism group are provided in the table.
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