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Resistance profile of clinically relevant bacterial isolates against fluoroquinolone in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology volume 19, Article number: 86 (2018) Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Fluoroquinolones are among the most frequently utilized antibacterial agents in developing countries like Ethiopia. Ciprofloxacin has become the most prescribed drug within this class and remains as one of the top three antibacterial agents prescribed in Ethiopia. However, several studies indicated that there is a gradual increase of antibacterial resistance. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed to quantitatively estimate the prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance bacterial isolates in Ethiopia.

Methods

Literature search was conducted from electronic databases and indexing services including EMBASE (Ovid interface), PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Science Direct and WorldCat. Data were extracted with structured format prepared in Microsoft Excel and exported to STATA 15.0 software for the analyses. Pooled estimation of outcomes was performed with DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model at 95% confidence level. Degree of heterogeneity of studies was presented with I2 statistics. Publication bias was conducted with comprehensive meta-analysis version 3 software and presented with funnel plots of standard error supplemented by Begg’s and Egger’s tests. The study protocol has been registered on PROSPERO with reference number ID: CRD42018097047.

Results

A total of 37 studies were included for this study. The pooled prevalence of resistance in selected gram-positive bacterial isolates against ciprofloxacin was found to be 19.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 15.0, 23.0). The degree of resistance among Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase negative Staphyloccoci (CoNS), Enterococcus faecalis and Group B Streptococci (GBS) was found to be 18.6, 21.6, 23.9, and 7.40%, respectively. The pooled prevalence of resistance in gram-negative bacteria was about 21.0% (95% CI: 17, 25). Higher estimates were observed in Neisseria gonorrhea (48.1%), Escherichia coli (24.3%) and Klebsiella pneumonia (23.2%). Subgroup analysis indicated that blood and urine were found to be a major source of resistant S. aureus isolates. Urine was also a major source of resistant strains for CoNS, Klebsiella and Proteus species.

Conclusion

Among gram-positive bacteria, high prevalence of resistance was observed in E. faecalis and CoNS whereas relatively low estimate of resistance was observed among GBS isolates. Within gram-negative bacteria, nearly half of isolates in N. gonorrhoea were found ciprofloxacin resistant. From enterobacteriaceae isolates, K. pneumonia and E. coli showed higher estimates of ciprofloxacin resistance.

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Background

Quinolones are groups of antibacterial drugs having an extensive application in both clinical and veterinary medicine. The older (first generation) quinolones including nalidixic acid and cinoxacin were primarily used for the treatment of urinary tract infections as their concentration in urine is relatively higher than that of the plasma. In 1980s, the introduction of fluorinated derivatives (fluoroquinolones) such as ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin became a major breakthrough in the development of relatively safer, orally effective and entirely synthetic broad spectrum antibacterial agents [1, 2]. As a result, quinolones have been routinely used for several bacterial infections. Recently, ciprofloxacin was pointed out as the most consumed antibacterial agent world-wide. Within a second generation quinolones, it has a sound medical importance in treating infections caused by many enterobacteriaceae and other gram-negative bacilli. Ciprofloxacin is the most potent of fluoroquinolones for pseudomonal infections associated with cystic fibrosis. However, their widespread use with some degree of evidence of misuse or use of these agents to micro-organisms to which they have poor activity has been blamed for the rapid development of resistance to these agents [3, 4].

In Ethiopia, ciprofloxacin has become the most commonly utilized fluoroquinolone and one of the top three antibacterial agents in clinical practice [5,6,7,8]. Study conducted by Birru et al. indicated that there is a high degree of inappropriate use of ciprofloxacin. The study emphasized that nearly half of the treatment was shown to have inappropriate dosage regimen with the duration of therapy being the dominant one in Boru Meda Hospital [9]. Such inappropriate use paves a way forward for the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR can result from mutations in housekeeping structural or regulatory genes as well as from horizontal acquisition of foreign genetic information [10,11,12]. Resistance to the quinolones often emerges at low-levels by acquisition of an initial resistance conferring mutation. Acquisition of subsequent mutations leads to higher levels of resistance against second and newer-generation quinolones such as ciprofloxacin [13]. At present, AMR is resulting in increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs in developing countries [14]. This study is, therefore, aimed to quantitatively estimate ciprofloxacin resistance among clinically relevant bacterial isolates in Ethiopia.

Methods

Study protocol

The identification of records, screening of titles and abstracts as well as evaluation of eligibility of full texts for final inclusion was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) flow diagram [15]. PRISMA checklist [16] was also strictly followed while conducting this systematic review and meta-analysis. The completed checklist has been provided as supplementary material (Additional file 1: Table S1). The study protocol is registered on PROSPERO with reference number ID: CRD42018097047 and the published methodology is available online from: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?ID=CRD42018097047

Identification of records and search strategy

Literature search was carried out through visiting legitimate databases and indexing services-PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE (Ovid interface) and other supplementary sources including Google Scholar, WorldCat catalog, ResearchGate and Cochrane library. Advanced search strategies were applied in major databases to retrieve relevant findings closely related to resistance/susceptibility of isolates to ciprofloxacin. Articles published in subscription based journals under Science-Direct and Wiley online library were accessed through HINARI:WHO for developing countries. The search was conducted with the aid of carefully selected key-words and indexing terms within specified time (online records from 2015- May, 2018). Excluding the non-explanatory terms, the search strategy included “quinolone [MeSH]”, ciprofloxacin [MeSH], “antimicrobial susceptibility”, “antimicrobial resistance”, “antibacterial sensitivity” and “Ethiopia”. Boolean operators (AND, OR), truncation and MeSH terms were used appropriately for systematic identification of records for the research question. The search was conducted from 25 April to 10 May, 2018 and all published and unpublished articles available online till the day of data collection were considered. Gray literatures from organizations and online university repositories were accessed through Google Scholar and WorldCat.

Screening and eligibility of studies

Records identified from various electronic databases, indexing services and directories were exported to ENDNOTE reference software version 8.2 (Thomson Reuters, Stamford, CT, USA) with compatible formats. Duplicate records were identified, recorded and removed with ENDNOTE. Some duplicates were addressed manually due to variation in reference styles across sources. Thereafter, two authors (MS and FW) independently screened the title and abstracts with predefined inclusion criteria. Two authors (MS and TT) also independently collected full texts and evaluated the eligibility of them for final inclusion. In each case, the rest authors played a critical role in solving discrepancies arose between two authors to come into consensus.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

During initial screening of titles and abstracts as well as evaluating full texts for eligibility, there have been predefined inclusion-exclusion criteria. Cross sectional studies addressing the prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant bacterial isolates obtained from human source (patients) regardless of the clinical characteristics and nature of specimen were included. Only English language literatures and online records published from 2015 to May, 2018 were considered for further eligibility assessment. All review articles and original articles conducted outside of Ethiopia were excluded during initial screening. Articles with irretrievable full texts (after requesting full texts from the corresponding authors via email and/or ResearchGate), records with unrelated outcome measures, articles with missing or insufficient outcomes were excluded.

Data extraction

With the help of standardized data abstraction format prepared in Microsoft Excel (Additional file 2: Table S2), two authors (MS and HM) independently extracted important data related to study characteristics (study area, first author, year of publication, study design, patient characteristics, source of isolates, types of isolates, and number of isolates) and outcome of interest (number of resistant isolates for each bacterium).

Critical appraisal of studies

The quality of studies was evaluated according to Newcastle-Ottawa scale adapted for cross-sectional studies [17] and graded out of 10 points (stars). For ease of assessment, the tool has included important indicators categorized in to three major sections: 1) the first secstion assesses the methodological quality of each study and weighs a maximum of five stars 2) the second section considers comparability of the study and takes 2 stars 3) the remaining section assess outcomes with related to statistical analysis. This critical appraisal was conducted to assess the internal (systematic error) and external validity of studies and to reduce the risk of biases in individual studies. The mean score of two authors were taken for final decision and studies with score greater than or equal to five were included.

Outcome measurements

The primary outcome measure is the prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistant bacterial isolates in Ethiopia. It is aimed to assess the pooled estimates of antibacterial resistance at the national level. The measurement was conducted for selected gram-positive (Staphylococcous aureus; Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS), Group B Streptococci (GBS) and Enterococcus faecalis) and gram-negative bacterial isolates (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aueroginosa, Proteus species, Neisseria gonorrhea, and other enteric microorganisms) obtained from patients with presumed or confirmed infectious diseases. Subgroup analysis was also conducted based on the source of bacterial isolates.

Data processing and statistical analysis

The relevant data were extracted from included studies using format prepared in Microsoft Excel and exported to STATA 15.0 for outcome measures and subgroup analyses. Considering variation in true effect sizes across population (clinical heterogeneity), Der Simonian and Laird’s random effects model was applied for the analyses at 95% confidence level. Heterogeneity of studies was determined using I2 statistics. Comprehensive Meta-analysis version-3 software (Biostat, Englewood, New Jersey, USA) was used for publication bias assessment. For gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial isolates, the presence of publication bias was evaluated by using the Begg’s and Egger’s tests and presented with funnel plots of standard error of Logit event rate [18, 19]. A statistical test with a p-value less than 0.05 (one tailed) was considered significant.

Results

Search results

A total of 416 records were identified from several sources including PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Science Direct and WorldCat catalog. From these, 137 duplicate articles were removed with the help of ENDNOTE and manual tracing. The remaining 279 records were screened using their titles and abstracts and 225 of them were excluded. Full texts of 54 records were then evaluated for eligibility. From these, 17 articles were also excluded as the outcome of interest was found missing, insufficient and/or ambiguous. Finally, 37 articles have passed the eligibility criteria and quality assessment and hence included in the study (Fig. 1).

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PRISMA flow chart describing the selection process

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Study characteristics

As shown in Table 1, a total of 37 studies with 3235 selected bacterial isolates (1303 gram-positive and 1932 gram-negative) were included for systematic review and meta-analysis. We included studies that employed both retrospective and prospective cross-sectional study design. The year of publication of included studies ranged from 2015 to 10 May 2018 since antimicrobial resistance is highly time-sensitive. The study included a wide range of clinical characteristics of patients, sources of isolates (specimens), nature of bacterial isolates and effect sizes. Patients with presumed or confirmed urinary tract infections took larger proportion of participants and midstream urine sample was the major source of bacterial isolates [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29]. The rest sources of isolates were blood from septicemia and febrile patients [30,31,32,33,34], stool from patients with acute diarrhea [35,36,37,38,39], external ocular discharges from patients with ocular infections [40,41,42], vaginal discharges from pregnant women with infections [43,44,45], ear discharges with bacterial otitis media [46,47,48], and wound swabs from infected wounds [49, 50], among others. Some samples were taken from more than one source in a given patient [51,52,53,54,55]. Six of the included studies were retrospective analyses of secondary data [23, 28, 46, 47, 49, 52]. Majority of the isolates from stool were enteric gram-negative micro-organisms (salmonella and shigella) and gram positive enterococci. The average quality scores of studies ranged from 6 to 10 as per the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (Table 1).

Table 1 Characteristics of studies describing the resistance profile of clinical relevant bacterial isolates against ciprofloxacin
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Study outcome measures

Gram-positive bacteria

The overall estimate of resistance in selected gram-positive bacterial isolates against ciprofloxacin was found to be 19% (95% CI: 15, 23) (Fig. 2). In this category, the pooled estimates of resistance in S. auerus was 18.6% (95% CI: 13.5, 23.7) with degree of heterogeneity (I2), 88.18%. The resistance level of CoNS isolates was found to be 21.6% (95% CI: 12.4, 30.8). Higher degree of resistance was observed among Enterococcus faecalis with prevalence rate of 23.9%. There was low level of ciprofloxacin resistance in GBS isolates (7.40%) (Table 2).

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Pooled estimate of resistance in gram-positive bacteria against ciprofloxacin in Ethiopia

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Table 2 Subgroup analyses of resistance profiles of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial isolates against ciprofloxacin
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Gram-negative bacteria

The gram-negative bacteria were the most common isolates obtained from several sources. The pooled estimate of resistance was 21% (95% CI: 17, 25) (Fig. 3). Among the selected isolates, higher degree of resistance was observed in N. gonorrhea, E. coli and K. pneumoniae with prevalence of 48.1, 24.3 and 23.2%, respectively. Besides, the pooled estimates of resistance in Proteus species (mainly P. mirabilis) and Pseudomonas species (primarily P. aueroginosa) against ciprofloxacin were found to be 16.0% (95% CI: 7.9, 24.1) and 14.1% (95% CI: 8.3, 19.8), respectively. The lowest degree of resistance was found among other gram negative enteric pathogens (salmonella and shigella) obtained from stool in patients with acute diarrhea. The overall estimate of resistance in these enteric species was found to be 6.3% (95% CI: 1.5, 11.1). Individual isolate (subgroup analysis) indicated that the prevalence of resistance in salmonella and shigella species was 8.1 and 5.8%, respectively (Table 2). In addition, we performed a univariate meta-regression model to identify whether sample size of individual isolates is a possible sources of heterogeneity; however, only the sampling distribution of S. aureus was found to be statistically significant (p value = 0.005) (Table 3).

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Forest plot depicting the resistance profile of gram-negative bacteria against ciprofloxacin

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Table 3 Univariate meta-regression model describing whether sample size is considered as a possible source of heterogeneity
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Source based subgroup and sensitivity analyses

There was a significant change on the degree of heterogeneity when we had excluded the expected outliers and studies with few numbers of isolates (less than five) per bacterium from the analyses. Very few sample size significantly affected the confidence intervals and point estimates. Therefore, we were subjected to exclude some of the studies for the meta-analysis at the initial scenario. We also conducted a subgroup analysis based on the source of bacterial isolates. These analyses further clarify whether there is a clinically significant difference in the degree of resistance of bacterial isolates across sources of specimens. Highest prevalence of resistant isolates was obtained from urine sample for CoNS (36%), K. pneumoniae (32%) and Proteus species (40%). Among the common sources, blood sample was endowed with larger proportion of resistant isolates of S. aureus 33% (95% CI: 20, 45). The resistance rates of E. coli and Pseudomonas spp from wound swabs and vaginal discharges, respectively, was found to be high (Table 4).

Table 4 Subgroup analysis of resistance profiles by the source of specimens
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Publication bias

Funnel plots of standard error with Logit event rate (proportion of resistant isolates) supplemented by statistical tests confirmed that there is some evidence of publication bias on studies reporting the prevalence of ciprofloxacin resistance among gram-positive (Begg’s test, p = 0.086; Egger’s test, p = 0.026) and gram- negative bacteria (Begg’s test, p = 0.06; Egger’s test, p = 0.0003) (Fig. 4a and b).

Fig. 4
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Funnel plot depicting publication bias a Studies describing gram-positive bacteria b Studies with gram-negative bacteria

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Discussion

This systematic review and meta-analysis included 37 original studies addressing the prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates in Ethiopia within the specified timeframe. Regardless of the source and identity of isolates, the study revealed that one in five clinical isolates were found to be ciprofloxacin resistant in both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. E. faecalis from gram-positive bacteria and N. gonorrhoea, E. coli and K. pneumoniae from gram-negative bacteria exhibited higher prevalence of resistance as the meta-analysis indicated. The resistance estimate in other enteric pathogens (shigella and salmonella), obtained from stool samples, were found to be relatively less in Ethiopia. Urine and blood samples have been the major source of resistant isolates. In spite of relatively low level of resistance (8.1%) in Ethiopia, the emergence of ciprofloxacin resistance in common salmonella serotypes worldwide is becoming a serious public health concern. Besides, resistance to the first generation quinolones (nalidixic acid) has been associated with reduced efficacy of 6-fluorinated-quinolones such as ciprofloxacin [56, 57].

Routine antimicrobial surveillance data indicated the presence of strong relationship between antimicrobial use and resistance at a national level in Europe [58]. Even if quinolones are less likely to select for resistance compared to other natural antibiotics, highly level of use with some degree of misuse facilitates resistance selection and spread of quinolones resistance (QNR) genes to areas where the prevalence of resistance is found to be low [59,60,61,62,63,64]. Population mobility is a main factor in the spread of antimicrobial–resistant organisms [64]. To this end, Vernet et al. reported that 65% of E. coli strains isolated from patients who had traveled to India were found resistant to quinolones including ciprofloxacin [65]. Besides, surveillance data showed that resistance in E. coli and K. pneumonia has become consistently higher for antimicrobial agents that have been in use for long time in human and veterinary medicine [12]. In trajectory with our findings, significant increment in resistant level of K. pneumonia strain against ciprofloxacin was observed from 1998 to 2010 in United States [66]. Even if fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin have been highly effective in treating gonorrhea, the widespread and often inappropriate use leads to the emergence of fluoroquinolone resistant N. gonorrhoea [4, 67]. World Health Organization updated the current treatment profiles of N. gonorrhea as there has been an established resistance reports from various regions [67, 68].

To date, several mechanisms of quinolone resistance have been determined: modification of bacterial targets (DNA gyrase or topoisomerase IV) to which quinolones bind, decreased intracellular (bacterial) concentration due to an over-expression of active efflux pumps and enzymatic inactivation (acetylation) of quinolones, among others. Recently, mobile genetic elements carrying the QNR gene, which confer resistance to quinolones, have also been described [1, 69,70,71]. Amino acid changes in critical regions of the enzyme-DNA complex (quinolone resistance–determining region [QRDR]) reduce quinolone affinity for both targets [59,60,61]. QRDR mutation was identified in Enterococcus isolates; with serine being changed in gyrA83, gyrA87 and parC80. This result showed that gyrA and parC mutations could be important factors for high-level of resistance to such species against ciprofloxacin [70]. QNR proteins protect target enzymes from quinolone inhibition. The AAC(6′)-Ib-cr determinant acetylates several fluoroquinolones, such as norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin [69].

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance has been shown to compromise the bactericidal activity of fluoroquinolones when expressed in Enterobacteriaceae [72]. For example, plasmidic transfer of genes has resulted in spread of resistant strains among E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and Proteus species [73]. Jacoby et al. described the presence of QNR gene up on analyzing a long series of gram-negative microorganisms (mainly K. pneumonia and E. coli) from different geographical origins (19 countries) around the world) [62]. The development of fluoroquinolone resistance in staphylococci, P. aeruginosa, and other pathogens can also occur through alterations in DNA topoisomerase [74]. Besides, an endogenous system which actively transports quinolones out of the bacteria was described initially in E. coli and later in other gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria such as S. aureus [75, 76]. The QepA and OqxAB efflux pumps extrude fluoroquinolones from the bacterial cell [69]. Generally, the above-mentioned mechanisms of resistance have been established upon routine exposure of quinolones for treatment of many bacterial infections. AMR has resulted in increased morbidity, mortality, as well as direct and indirect healthcare costs in developing countries [14]. A notable example is an epidemic of infection associated with ciprofloxacin resistant S. typhi observed in Tajikistan [77].

Conclusion

The study revealed that one in five gram-positive or gram-negative bacterial isolates developed resistance against ciprofloxacin in Ethiopia. Among gram-positive bacteria, high level of resistance was observed in Enterococci and CoNS whereas and relatively low degree of resistance was observed among GBS isolates. Within gram-negative bacteria, nearly half of isolates of N. gonorrhoeae was found ciprofloxacin resistant. From enterobacteriaceae isolates, K. pneumonia and E. coli showed relatively higher degree of ciprofloxacin resistance while shigella and salmonella had low level of resistance. Urine and Blood samples were the major sources of ciprofloxacin resistant isolates. Considering resistance estimates in to account, antimicrobial stewardship programs should be established in Ethiopian healthcare settings thereby preserves antimicrobials and contains AMR.

Abbreviations

AMR:

Antimicrobial resistance

CoNS:

Coagulase negative Staphylococci

GBS:

Group B Streptococci

MeSH:

Medical subject headings

PRISMA:

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

QNR:

Quinolone resistance

QRDR:

Quinolone resistance determining region

WHO:

World Health Organization

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Sisay, M., Weldegebreal, F., Tesfa, T. et al. Resistance profile of clinically relevant bacterial isolates against fluoroquinolone in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol 19, 86 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40360-018-0274-6

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  • Bacterial isolates
  • Resistance
  • Fluoroquinolone
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Ethiopia

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