Efforts Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Bacteremia in Vietnam

Nozomi Takeshita; Norio Ohmagari; Teruo Kirikae; Shinichi Oka

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(2014)

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Efforts Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Bacteremia in Vietnam

Nozomi Takeshita, Norio Ohmagari, Teruo Kirikae,
and Shinichi Oka

National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Received:

March 12, 2014

Accepted:

June 12, 2014

Published:

October 1, 2014

Keywords:

bacteremia, drug-resistant bacteria, Vietnam

Abstract

The National Center for Global Health and Medicine at J-GRID’s bases in Vietnam studies healthcareassociated infections caused by multiple-drugresistant bacteria, which have become an issue in southeast Asian countries. As a pilot study in a single facility, we retrospectively investigated blood culture status and results. From reports over the four years from 2009 to 2012, we counted 45,366 blood cultures. The sampling frequency was 9.59 blood cultures per 1,000 patient-days. Blood culture results in 2009 showed that 16 samples (1.3%) tested positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 37 (3.0%) for Acinetobacter sp., two strains known to often cause medical infections. This study showed the possibility of obtaining the appropriate number of blood cultures and characteristic of isolated bacteria in Vietnam in the future.

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N. Takeshita, N. Ohmagari, T. Kirikae, and S. Oka, “Efforts Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Bacteremia in Vietnam,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.9 No.5, pp. 836-838, 2014.

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[1] [1] T. Tada, T. Miyoshi-Akiyama, and Y. Kato, “Emergence of 16S rRNA methylase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in hospitals in Vietnam,” BMC Infect. Dis., Vol.13, No.1, pp. 251-256 (Epub ahead of print).

[2] [2] N. Ohmagari, S. Takakura, and Y. Matsumura, “A Questionnaire Survey of Blood Culture among Japanese Hospitals A Pilot Study,” Journal of Japanese Clinical Microbiology, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 13-19, 2012.

[3] [3] E. J. Baron, “Cumiteh 1C: Blood Cultures IV,” American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 2005.

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Efforts Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Bacteremia in Vietnam

Nozomi Takeshita, Norio Ohmagari, Teruo Kirikae, and Shinichi Oka

Nozomi Takeshita, Norio Ohmagari, Teruo Kirikae,
and Shinichi Oka