Abstract :
Bacteria belonging to the genus Klebsiella frequently cause human community acquired infections. Medically most important klebsiella species K. pneumoniae accounts for a significant proportion of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). K. pneumoniae has been associated with different type of infections and one of the most important aspects of Klebsiella is the emergence of MDR strains particularly in clinical isolates. The study was carried out from
June 2013 to June 2014. A total of 106 sputum samples were collected from patients in Civil Hospital, Dr. Puran Chand hospital and Sidhivinayak Hospital in Paonta Sahib followed by the biochemical characterization recovered isolates are K. pneumoniae (n=27; 25.4%), S. pneumoniae (n=40; 37.7%), Pseudomonas (n=20; 18.8%). All recovered isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae were resistant against amikacin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, aztreonam, bacitracin, cefixime,
chloramphenicol, cloxacillin, ciprofloxacin, kanamycin, meropenem, oxacillin, streptomycin, and tetracycline while they were intermediate against gentamycin
Keyword :
CAP, MDR, RTI, Antimicrobial resistance