Pathogenic enterobacteria isolated in psychiatric hospital of Saint-Petersburg in2016-2018
Abstract
The susceptibility to six antimicrobial agents of 74 strains of enterobacteria was determined. 23 Shigella cultures (21 isolates of Shigella sonnei и 2 strains of Shigella flexneri), and 51 Salmonella strains of six serovars were isolated in a psychiatric hospital in St. Petersburg in 2016-2019. Salmonella enterica serovar infantis (45.1%), Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis (33.3%) и Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium (13.7%). prevailed among Salmonella. A high proportion of antibiotic resistant strains was detected among Shigella (100.0%) and Salmonella (80.4%) with resistance mainly to ampicillin and amoxillin / clavulanate, however, the absence of multiresistant cultures and the preservation of the sensitivity of all isolated strains of pathogenic enterobacteria to most antimicrobial agents (fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins and carbapenems) made it possible to quickly localize and eliminate outbreaks of dysentery and salmonellosis in the hospital.
