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A PROSPECTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN NILGIRIS DISTRICT

Aneena Suresh, Smruthy Ann Mathew, Vikashini Subramani, Annie Elias, Ashish D. Wadhwani, Raman Rajesh Kumar.




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Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are one of the most common infectious diseases globally imposing a significant increase in morbidity and mortality in developing countries. There is an exponential increase in antibiotic resistance attributed to indiscriminate use of antibiotics, lack of monitoring of antibiotic susceptibility patterns, cross infections etc. The study was carried out to isolate and identify the common bacteria causing RTIs among patients attending two secondary care hospitals. Sputum and throat swab samples were collected from clinically diagnosed RTI in 50 patients, in an aseptic condition and then cultured on the appropriate bacteriological media. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method and results were interpreted according to CLSI guidelines. The antibiotic susceptibility testing revealed Amikacin, Gentamicin and Ceftriaxone as highly sensitive and ciprofloxacin a widely used antibiotic in Nilgiris as the most resistant one.

Key words: antibiotics, bacterial infection, respiratory tract infections,antibiotic resistance, susceptibility






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