ANKEM Dergisi, cilt.21, sa.2, ss.86-90, 2007 (Hakemli Dergi)
Haemophilus influenzae is one of the most important causes of meningitis, sepsis, various tissue infections and
community acquired pneumonia. In this paper antimicrobial susceptibilities of 289 H.influenzae strains isolated from various clinical samples between 2003-2006 were evaluated by disk diffusion method according to the recommendations of CLSI and beta-lactamase activity was investigated by nitrocefin hydrolysis test.
Beta-lactamase activity was not detected in 2003 isolates. The percentage of beta-lactamase positive strains increased
to 8 % and 7 % in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Similarly, resistance rates to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole increased from
29 % (2003) to 36 % (2006). When all isolates were evaluated, resistance rates for ampicillin and trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole were 5.9 % and 31.8 %. None of the isolates were resistant to cefotaxime, cefuroxime, amoxicillin-clavulanate.
Similarly, beta-lactamase negative ampicillin resistant (BLNAR) isolates were not detected.