Antibiogram Susceptibility Of the Myroides Species İnsulated From Clinical Specimens

ABSTRACT
Aim: Myroides type bacteria are gram negative, aerobic, non-fermentative, catalase, oxiadase, urease and gelatinase positive, yellow pigmented, immobile, opportunistic pathogenic rare bacteria not found in human flora. In this study, the main purpose is to examine the antibiotic susceptibility of the Myroides species isolated from urine, wound, blood culture samples over six years period.

Material and Methods: Myroides species isolated from the urine, wound, blood culture samples during January 2015 to February 2021 were included in this study. VITEK 2 Compact automated system was used to identify bacteria determine their antibiotic susceptibility.

Results: Myroides spp. was isolated in different culture samples of 16 patients with clinical findings. It was seen %57,1 of the Myroides species included in our study were resistant to all antibiotics. Although Myroides species were most grown in urine culture samples(%87,5), they were also observed to grow in wound culture samples(%6,25) and blood culture samples(%6,25). Among the patients included in our study, the rate of Myroides isolation in intensive care and service patients was determined as %81,25.

Conclusion: Myroides species are microorganisms with epidemic potential, which are mostly detected in intensive care and ward patients who are hospitalized for a long time. Clinicians should be aware of this microorganism which has an epidemic potential, resistant to multiple drugs and encountered frequently in recent years.

Key words: Myroides, resistance, epidemic, opportunistic