Myroides causing Catheter Associated
Urinary Tract Infection in Diabetic
Patients: An Emerging Multidrug
Resistant "Superbug"
DR01-DR04
Correspondence
Kalpana Chauhan,
Department of Microbiology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: drkalpanamicro@gmail.com
Myroidesis a nonfermentative, gram-negative rod shaped bacterium which is an emerging multidrug resistant pathogen causing many serious hospital acquired infections like Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI). The authors report a case series (four cases) of CAUTI caused by Myroides species which was resistant to all tested antibiotics (ticarcillin-clavulanic acid, piperacillin-tazobactam, ceftazidime, cefepime, aztreonam, cefoperazonesulbactam, imipenem, meropenem, amikacin, gentamycin ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, colistin, tigecycline) and sensitive only to minocycline (minimum inhibitory concentration <1 µg/mL), in long-standing Diabetic Mellitus Type II patients. All the four patients were successfully treated with minocycline. Present cases highlight the importance of Myroides as a pathogen in Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in diabetic patients, especially in nosocomial settings which clinicians should keep in mind.