JAC Advance Access originally published online on September 20, 2005
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2005 56(5):914-918; doi:10.1093/jac/dki344
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Risk factors for ciprofloxacin resistance among Escherichia coli strains isolated from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Turkey
1 Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey; 2 Infectious Disease Clinics, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Received 21 April 2005; returned 11 June 2005; revised 1 August 2005; accepted 30 August 2005
* Corresponding author. E-mail: okurtazap{at}baskent-ank.edu.tr
Objectives: To determine the risk factors for community-acquired ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli urinary tract infection (UTI).
Methods: The study was performed with isolates from community-acquired UTIs collected from 15 centres representing six different geographic regions of Turkey. All microbiological procedures were carried out in a central laboratory. Multivariate analysis was performed for detection of risk factors for resistance. Use of quinolones more than once within the last year, living in a rural area, having a urinary catheter, age >50 and complicated infections were included in the model as variables and logistic regression was performed.
Results: A total of 611 Gram-negative isolates were studied: 321 were isolated from uncomplicated UTI and 290 were isolated from complicated UTI. E. coli was the causative agent in 90% of the uncomplicated UTIs and in 78% of the complicated UTIs (P < 0.001). Seventeen percent of E. coli strains isolated from uncomplicated cases and 38% of E. coli strains isolated from complicated UTI were found to be resistant to ciprofloxacin. In multivariate analysis, age over 50 [odds ratio (OR): 1.6; confidence interval (CI): 1.08–2.47; P = 0.020], ciprofloxacin use more than once in the last year (OR: 2.8; CI: 1.38–5.47; P = 0.004) and the presence of complicated UTI (OR: 2.4; CI: 1.54–3.61; P < 0.001) were found to be associated with ciprofloxacin resistance. Detection of strains of E. coli producing extended-spectrum ß-lactamase (ESBL) enzymes was two times more common in the patients who received ciprofloxacin than those who did not (15% versus 7.4%).
Conclusions: The increasing prevalence of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria makes the empirical treatment of UTIs more difficult. One of the important factors contributing to these high resistance rates might be high antibiotic use. Urine culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing are essential in Turkey for patients with UTI who have risk factors for resistance, such as previous ciprofloxacin use. Fluoroquinolone-sparing agents such as nitrofurantoin and fosfomycin should be evaluated as alternative therapies by further clinical efficacy and safety studies.
Keywords: uropathogen E. coli strains , antibiotic resistance , ESBL positivity
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