Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and patterns of resistance at a tertiary care center

Authors

• Javed Akhter, Microbiology Labs, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, PO Box 354, Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 464 7272 Ext. 35890 Fax. +966 (1) 442 4331.
• Mohammed O. Qutub, Department of Microbiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Syed M. Qadri, Department of Microbiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Clinical microbiology laboratories are faced with the challenge of accurately detecting emerging antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens. In recent years, vancomycin resistant enterococci have emerged, as have penicillin resistant pneumococci and more recently, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. In order to detect these emerging resistant pathogens it is essential that antimicrobial susceptibility be carried out by laboratories as an integral part of therapeutic strategies. In this review, we discuss patterns of susceptibility of different antimicrobials as experienced at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, a tertiary care center in Riyadh.

Article Type

Review

First Page

569

Last Page

576

Recommended Citation

Akhter, Javed; Qutub, Mohammed O.; and Qadri, Syed M. (2001) "Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and patterns of resistance at a tertiary care center," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 22: Iss. 7, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1453