Cocos Gram positivos como agentes etiológicos de infecciones urinarias

Palabras clave: cocos, Infecciones urinarias, resistencia bacteriana a antibióticos

Resumen

Se revisó la base de datos de los resultados de los urocultivos procesados en el Centro de Referencia Bacteriológica del Servicio Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo (CRB-SAHUM) a fin de establecer la frecuencia y susceptibilidad antimicrobiana de cocos Gram positivos como agentes etiológicos de infecciones urinarias durante el periodo enero 2011-diciembre 2015. Estos microorganismos se detectaron con una frecuencia general de 5,52%; siendo los enterococos, los mas frecuentes (57,66%); seguidos de estreptococos (21,44%) y, finalmente, estafilococos (20,90%). Las especies más comúnmente aisladas, por género bacteriano, fueron: Enterococcus faecalis y Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus y Streptococcus agalactiae. Los enterococos mostraron más resistencia a los antibióticos y expresaron mayor diversidad de perfiles de resistencia. Se encontró asociación estadísticamente significativa entre el sexo de los pacientes y la presencia de infección urinaria (p<0,05). La resistencia a oxacilina de las cepas de estafilococos y a vancomicina en enterococos está asociada con la co-resistencia antimicrobiana expresada por dichas cepas (p<0,05). Se detectaron porcentajes elevados de resistencia a ampicilina, levofloxacina, ciprofloxacina, norfloxacina, tetraciclina y eritromicina; sin embargo, se encontró una alta sensibilidad a vancomicina y teicoplanina, a excepción de los enterococos, que mostraron una baja sensibilidad a estos antibióticos

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2025-08-23
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Castellano-González MJ, Durán Liendo V de J, Rangel Moncada Y de J, Sandoval-Castellano IV, Perozo Mena AJ. Cocos Gram positivos como agentes etiológicos de infecciones urinarias. Kasmera [Internet]. 23 de agosto de 2025 [citado 8 de enero de 2026];53:e5339615. Disponible en: https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/39615
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