Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing spp. Community Isolates in Belgrade, Serbia.

Antimicrobial resistance represents the emerging problem of modern medicine. Despite the fact that spp. is one of the most resistant pathogens, there has been a paucity of data on molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of community isolates in European countries as well as in Serbia.

Differences in antimicrobial consumption, prescribing and isolation rate of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii on surgical and medical wards.

In order to provide guidance data for clinically rational use of an antibiotics consuption, prescribing and prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii were monitored on the surgical (S) and medical (M) wards of the University Hospital Center "Dr. Dragisa Misovic-Dedinje" (Belgrade, Serbia), in the study period from 2012 to 2015. Appropriateness of antimicrobial use was evaluated using the Global-Prevalence Survey method designed by the University of Antwerp.