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Volume 53, Issue 4, 2025

Online ISSN: 2560-3310

ISSN: 0350-8773

Volume 53 , Issue 4, (2025)

Published: 30.06.2025.

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01.12.2009.

Professional paper

THE MOST COMMON PATHOGENS OF BACTERIEMIA AND THEIR RESISTANCE IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

To show the most common causes of bacteriemia in hospitalized patients, as well as their sensitivity to antimicrobial agents. The research data were extracted from official reports produced by Microbiological Laboratory in Clinical Centre Kragujevac. Isolation and identification of the causes were performed with standard microbiological methodology. Sensitivity to antimicrobial medication was tested using disc diffusion. Interpretation and inhibition zones of antibiogram were done in accordance with guidelines of US Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). A descriptive epidemiological approach was used in the research. The collected data were processed using the appropriate software application. Amongst the processed samples, a significant presence of Staphylococcus spp. was found (coagulase-negative 35,8% and coagulase positive 11,7%). Over 60% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates were resistant to meticillin. Enterococcus spp, isolated in 11,7% of all isolates, in more than 50% of cases was sensitive to ampicillin, with approximate isolate vancomycin sensitivity of 90%. The isolated Klebsiellà spp strains produced high degrees of Extended-Spectrum â-Lactamases (ESBL) and showed resistance to third-generation cephalosporins, aminoglycosides and ciprofloxacin, with 100% sensitivity to carbapenem. Pseudomonas spp and Acinetobacter spp were less represented (5.8% and 5.4%) but these neither pathogens were exempt to antimicrobial resistance.The research indicated that causes of hospital infections should be continuously monitored. 

Z. Đorđević, S. Milinić, R. Stolić, N. Đonović

01.01.2002.

Original scientific paper

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEASLES AFTER INTRODUCING THE VACCINE

Measles are an acute infective disease highly contagious and belongs to the group of rush fevers. The aim of this paper is to examine the epidemiological characteristics of measles in Kosovo and Metohija after introducing the vaccine. The examination was carried out from 1987-1998. Because of the bad success after introducing the vaccine against measles in Kosovo and Metohija, which was not reached the issued minimum of 95% in either year, the measles have kept their epidemiological characteristics that they had in the prevaccinal period. The morbidity rate was in 1989. the highest (215.99 on 100000), and the lowest in 1995 (2.29 on 100000). Mortality rate was between 0-0.66 on 100000. It is very important that in those 4 years there were no dead cases. The cycles are still being registered by measles, with epidemic waves of 3-4 years. Seasons are also preserved, and the top of it is the month of January (291.3 patients on the average). Most patients belong to the preschool age (80.0%). Male children got more often ill (55.1%) than the female children.

Z. Đorđević

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