Introduction: Treatment of bacterial infections is pressing and difficult task of modern transplantology.
Aim: To analyze the spectrum of bacterial microflora and bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics in patients of the transplantation and dialysis center.
Results: The study analyzed the results of bacteriological tests performed in 534 patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 in 2011-2015. Biomaterials for the examination included urine, blood, wound discharge and sputum. Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and mixed flora were found in 42%, 39%, 4% and 15%, respectively. Among observed associations 51% were presented by a combination of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and the others were different combinations of fungi. The most often detected bacteria were Enterococcus spp. (37%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (25%), Staphylococcus spp. (19%), E. coli (13%), Streptococcus spp. (6%), P. aeruginosa (5%). Fungi of the genus Candida were isolated from 11% of all cultures. Enterococci and Klebsiella had pronounced resistance to most antibiotics. All gram-positive bacteria were highly sensitive to vancomycin and linezolid.
Discussion: The findings suggest that the percentage of Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics is increasing.
Conclusion: Significant changes in the microbial landscape and the growing antibiotic resistance dictate the need for periodic analysis of the bacterial flora in the transplantation and dialysis center.
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacteria; bacterial flora; chronic kidney disease; infection.