Kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastaliği akut alevlenmesi olan hastalardan izole edilen Pseudomonas aeruginosa suşlarinda antibiyotik direnci Antibiotic resistance profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objective: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) disease is characterized with acute exacerbation. Exacerbations are manifested with dyspnea and increased volume and purulence of sputum. Treatment may require the use of bronchodilators and antibiotics. With an increase in airflow restriction it is reported to also increase the risk of exacerbations. Acute exacerbations decrease the quality of life of the patients, cause significant morbidity, mortality and economic hardship. The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) group classified the COPD patients from 1 to 4. Number of exacerbation is 0.7-0.9 in GOLD 2 and 1.2-2.0 in GOLD 4 per year. The most common bacterial pathogens for acut exacerbation of COPD are Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis, respectively. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the more important agent for GOLD3 and GOLD4 COPD patients. The rising antimicrobial resistance to P. aeruginosa strains is a problem in the treatment. For the treatment of infection, antibiotic susceptability pattern knowledge before starting empiric therapy may improve effectiveness. The sputum culture and antibiotic resistance tests should be performed if the patient has failed to respond to empirical antibiotic treatment. For this reason, in the current study we aimed to determine OZET