Variable number of tandem repeat profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains isolated from blood cultures in children.
Infect Genet Evol
; 38: 19-21, 2016 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-26656742
ABSTRACT
Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a healthcare-associated pathogen and can cause a variety of lifethreatening infections. Additionally, multi-drug resistance (MDR), in particular methicillin-resistant S. haemolyticus (MRSH) isolates, have emerged. Dissemination of such strains can be of great concern in the hospital environment. A total number of 20S. haemolyticus isolates from blood cultures obtained from children were included in this study. A high prevalence of MDR-MRSH isolates with high MIC values to vancomycin was found and 35% of the isolates were intermediate resistant to vancomycin. Multilocus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVF) revealed 5 MLVF types among 20 isolates of S. haemolyticus. Twelve isolates shared the same MLVF type and were isolated from different wards in a pediatric hospital in Iran. This is a serious alarm for infection control; i.e. in the absence of adequate infection diagnostics and infection control guidelines, these resistant strains can spread to other sectors of a hospital and possibly among the community.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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DNA Bacteriano
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Bacteriemia
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Sequências de Repetição em Tandem
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Farmacorresistência Bacteriana
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Staphylococcus haemolyticus
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article