Antimicrobial Resistance in the Planning of the Empirical Therapy of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Current Situation and Treatment Strategies in Turkey and in the World

Hacımustafaoğlu, Mustafa; Gürler, Nezahat; Ünal, Serhat

doi:10.5222/ankem.2018.1822

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“…Empirical treatment of upper respiratory tract infections with clindamycin may have contributed to this resistance. 29 In our study, imipenem resistance was not detected. This data was found to be compatible with studies in our country and worldwide.…”

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confidence: 45%

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria isolated from clinical samples

Özcan¹,

Bacalan²,

Çakir³

et al. 2020

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Background/aims: Anaerobic bacteria have attracted the attention of scientists as the causative agents of serious infections since the 19th century. Antibiotic resistance has become a major problem among these bacteria, but antibiotic susceptibility testing has not been standardized yet. Materials and methods:In this study, anaerobic bacteria isolated from a total of 800 clinical materials sent to our laboratory were evaluated. A total of 69 anaerobic bacteria isolated were identified with VITEK 2 (Biomerieux). Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed on 23 of 69 isolates with gradient test method. Results: Identified anaerobic bacteria were Prevotella spp. (19 isolates, 27.5%), Veillonella spp. (14 isolates, 20.2%), Bacteroides spp. (9 isolates, 13%), Peptoniphilus spp. (6 isolates, 8.6%), Parvimonas spp. (5 isolates, 7.2%), Fusobacterium spp. (3 isolates, 4.3%), Actinomyces spp. (3 isolates, 4.3%), Parabacteroides spp. (2 isolates, 2.8%), Finegoldia magna (2 isolates, 2.8%), Clostridium spp. (2 isolates, 2.8%), Propionibacterium spp. (1 isolate, 1.4%), Peptostreptococcus spp. (1 isolate, 1.4%), Bifidobacterium spp. (1 isolate, 1.4%) and Lactobacillus spp. (1 isolate, 1.4%). Resistance rates of anaerobic bacteria to metronidazole, imipenem, penicillin, clindamycin and cefoxitin were found as %95.

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Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria isolated from clinical samples

Özcan¹,

Bacalan²,

Çakir³

et al. 2020

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“…Akut Bronşiolit her mevsim görülebilse de en sık kış mevsiminde ve özellikle Ekim ile Mayıs ayları arasında epidemilere yol açar (10). İstanbul'da yapılan bir çalışmada, akut bronşiolit' li olguların %88'i kasım-nisan ayları arasında kliniğe başvurmuştur (11). Çalışmamızda olguların %36,8'i ilkbahar, %33,8'i kış, %16'sı sonbahar, %13,4'ü yaz mevsiminde hastanemize kabul edilmişti.…”

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Retrospective evaluation of patients with recurrent acute bronchiolitis

Ateş¹,

Türk²

2019

Zeynep Kamil Tıp Bülteni

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Akut bronşiolit, özellikle iki yaş altı çocuklarda, küçük hava yollarının enflamatuvar obstrüksiyonu sonucu ortaya çıkan alt solunum yollarının en sık görülen hastalığıdır. Bazı predispozan faktörler ve altta yatan hastalıklar bronşiolit de tekrarlayan ataklara neden olabilir. Çalışmamızda Tekrarlayan Bronşiolit tanılı infantların geriye dönük olarak değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

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“…Generally, positive attitudes of participants were observed except for statement 3 (Table 6). Statement 3 were asked participants if they stop using antibiotics when they begin to feel better; the median point for this statement was 3 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Comparisons for demographic characteristics with attitude scale are shown in Table 7.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to the national use of antibiotics research in six southern and eastern European countries and regions and seven newly independent states, Turkey had the highest antibiotic consumption in European countries [4]. According to the Ministry of Health Prescription Information System 2016 reports, among the total e-prescriptions of family physicians and other physicians in 2013-2015, the prescription rates containing antibiotics are above 30% [5]. To reduce this rate in February 2003, the Ministry of Health in a national regulation for antibiotic restriction, considered piperacillin/tazobactam, carbapenems, glycopeptides, and ticarcillin/clavulanate as restricted antibiotics that could only be used with the approval of an infectious disease specialist.…”

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Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Antibiotics Use and an Examination on Patient’s Unrealistic Health Symptoms in Turkey

Ahmadian¹,

Uncu²,

Ercan³

et al. 2022

ELECTRON J GEN MED

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Background: This study aimed to assess the attitudes and knowledge of adult individuals about antibiotics. Since in Turkey, antibiotics are not sold without a prescription, it was also investigated whether Turkish people compelled physicians to prescribe antibiotics by showing unrealistic symptoms. Methods:A self-administered cross-sectional survey involving 1,057 respondents was conducted using a validated questionnaire. The questionnaire was prepared in four sections. The first section included attitude assessment and a five-point Likert scale has collected information. In the second section, knowledge questions examined participants' knowledge about antibiotics with Three-point Likert scale. The third section contained a sensitive question, and using the crosswise model was indirectly asked whether the participant has forced the physician to prescribe an antibiotic. The reliability test results for the attitude scale showed the α-value of Cronbach was 0.767, and KR-21 reliability for the knowledge scale was 0.713. Test-retest reliability coefficients for attitude scale was r=0.697, the coefficients for knowledge scale was r=0.887.Results: Turkish people's awareness about antibiotics is insufficient but at an acceptable level. The public is aware that antibiotics rapidly develop resistance when used widely and incorrectly. Nevertheless, %17 of them resort to showing unrealistic symptoms to force the physician to prescribe antibiotics. Conclusion:To conclude, Turkish people's knowledge and attitudes about antibiotics are insufficient but acceptable. However, a noticeable rate of patients resorts to showing unrealistic symptoms to force the physician to prescribe antibiotics.

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Antimicrobial Resistance in the Planning of the Empirical Therapy of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Current Situation and Treatment Strategies in Turkey and in the World

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria isolated from clinical samples

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria isolated from clinical samples

Retrospective evaluation of patients with recurrent acute bronchiolitis

Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Antibiotics Use and an Examination on Patient’s Unrealistic Health Symptoms in Turkey

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