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VOLUME 23 , ISSUE 9 ( September, 2019 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Emergence of Burkholderia cepacia in ICU Setting

Suneeta Meena, Raunak Bir, Seema Sood, Bimal Kumar Das

Keywords : Burkholderia cepacia, Colistin, ICU

Citation Information : Meena S, Bir R, Sood S, Das BK. Emergence of Burkholderia cepacia in ICU Setting. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019; 23 (9):423-426.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23237

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-09-2019

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2019; The Author(s).


Abstract

Background: B. cepacia is metabolically versatile organism which is not only resistant to many antibiotics but also disinfectants. This makes their survival easy even in restricted areas like intensive care unit (ICU) and management difficult. Aims and objectives: To describe sudden emergence of Burkholderia at a tertiary care centre ICU setting in milieu of colistin usage Materials and methods: Cases were patients with culture proven B.cepacia. They were picked up as non-lactose fermenting, oxidase positive, motile, gram-negative bacilli which was resistant to colistin and aminoglycosides and sensitive to cotrimoxazole. These isolates were further confirmed by both VITEK-2 compact system (Biomerieux, France) and standard bacterial techniques. Colistin consumption data were retrospectively collected from medical store records of hospitals and individual ICU pharmacy records from January 2016 to June 2016, and were expressed as total dialy doses in a month per 1000 patient days (DDD/1000PD) Results: An increase was observed in B. cepacia infection linked to increased consumption of colistin in ICU. Conclusion: Based on these results an increase was observed in B.cepacia infection which correlated with increased consumption of colistin in ICU. We speculate that extensive use of colistin may lead to selection of intrinsically resistant B. cepacia and may facilitate their spread as nosocomial pathogens.


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