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Non-susceptibility trends among Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis from community-acquired respiratory tract infections in the UK and Ireland, 1999–2007
1 Quotient Bioresearch Limited, Microbiology, 7-9 William Road, London NW1 3ER, UK 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK
* Corresponding author. Tel: +44-20-7388-7320; Fax: +44-20-7388-7324; E-mail: ian.morrissey{at}quotientbioresearch.com
Objectives: To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis causing community-acquired respiratory tract infections in the UK and Ireland from 1999/2000 to 2006/07.
Methods: Sentinel laboratories across the UK and Ireland contributed up to a fixed quota of isolates of defined organisms per annum. A central laboratory confirmed the isolates' identities, measured MICs by the BSAC agar dilution method and undertook further testing by standard methods. The variability of the MIC method was assessed by repeated annual testing of control isolates. BSAC and EUCAST breakpoints were used. Statistical analysis adjusted for inter-centre variation by random effects logistic regression.
Results: A total of 7371 H. influenzae and 2529 M. catarrhalis isolates were investigated. Over 90% of the H. influenzae isolates were susceptible to most of the antimicrobials tested, the exceptions being ampicillin (84.6% susceptible), trimethoprim (84.0%), cefuroxime (82.9%), amoxicillin (77.2%) and cefaclor (11.7%). For M. catarrhalis, resistance was solely due to β-lactamase (prevalence over 91%) reducing susceptibility to penicillins only. There was little evidence of decreased antimicrobial susceptibility between 1999 and 2007 in either pathogen, except for a reduction in susceptibility to trimethoprim in H. influenzae (90.3% to 82.6%, P < 0.00001). On the other hand, tetracycline susceptibility in H. influenzae increased over this period in the UK and Ireland (96.5 to 98.8%, P = 0.00008).
Conclusions: Despite increased resistance in respiratory pathogens from other parts of the world, the susceptibility of H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis to all agents, except tetracycline and trimethoprim in the case of H. influenzae, has remained constant during this longitudinal study.
Keywords: resistance , surveillance , MIC , breakpoint
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