Kharat AS, Makwana N, Nasser M, Gayen S, Yadav B, Kumar D, Veeraraghavan B, Mercier C. Dramatic increase in antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE clinical isolates over the 2010-2020 decade in India.
Int J Antimicrob Agents 2024;
63:107125. [PMID:
38431109 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2024.107125]
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Abstract
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) constitute a threat to humans worldwide. India is now the most populous country. The goal was to investigate the evolution of the rates of antimicrobial resistance in ESKAPE pathogens across India over the 2010-20 decade.
METHODS
The data (89 studies) were retrieved from the Medline PubMed repository using specific keywords.
RESULTS
The study of 20 177 ESKAPE isolates showed that A. baumannii isolates were the most represented (35.9%, n = 7238), followed by P. aeruginosa (25.3%, n = 5113), K. pneumoniae (19.5%, n = 3934), S. aureus (16.3%, n = 3286), E. faecium (2.6%, n = 517) and Enterobacter spp. (0.4%, n = 89). A notable increase in the resistance rates to antimicrobial agents occurred over the 2010-20 decade. The most important levels of resistance were observed in 2016-20 for A. baumannii (90% of resistance to the amoxicillin-clavulanate combination) and K. pneumoniae (81.6% of resistance to gentamycin). The rise in β-lactamase activities was correlated with an increase in the positivity of Gram-negative isolates for β-lactamase genes.
CONCLUSIONS
This review highlighted that, in contrast to developed countries that kept resistance levels under control, a considerable increase in resistance to various classes of antibiotics occurred in ESKAPE pathogens in India over the 2010-2020 decade.
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