Systemic infection caused by the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300-LV lineage in a Brazilian child previously colonized

ABSTRACT The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300-Latin American variant (USA300-LV) lineage is well documented in northern Latin American countries. It has replaced established clones in hospital environments. We herein report a systemic infection caused by a USA300-LV isolate in a 15-year-old boy, from a low-income area of Rio de Janeiro, previously colonized by the same strain. During hospital stay, seven pvl-positive MRSA USA300-LV isolates were recovered by nasal swab, blood and abscess secretion. The patient underwent intravenous vancomycin, daptomycin, and oral sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and was discharged after 45 days after full recovery. This is the first documented case of a community-acquired MRSA infection caused by the USA300-LV variant in Brazil in a previously colonized adolescent with no history of recent travel outside of Rio de Janeiro. The need for improved surveillance programs to detect MRSA colonization in order to control the spread of hypervirulent lineages among community and hospital settings is highlighted.

Complete substitution of the Brazilian endemic clone by other methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in two public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is an important cause of bloodstream infections. Therefore, the main purpose of this work was to characterize a collection of 139 S. aureus isolates from bloodstream infections in two public hospitals in relation to their antimicrobial susceptibility profile, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types, and clonal relationship. Methicillin resistance and resistance to other 12 agents were accessed by the disk diffusion test. Minimum inhibitory concentration to mupirocin was also determined. The SCCmec types were accessed by multiplex PCR, and the clonal relationship was determined by pulsed field gel electrophoresis method and restriction modification system characterization. Besides, multilocus sequence typing was performed for representative methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates. The military hospital showed a dissemination of the New York/Japan (USA100/ST5/CC5/SCCmecII) lineage associated to multidrug resistance, including mupirocin resistance, and the teaching hospital presented polyclonal and non-multidrug resistant MRSA isolates. Complete substitution of the Brazilian endemic clone by other lineages was found in both hospitals. These findings can highlight differences in policy control and prevention of infections used in the hospitals and a change in the epidemiological profile of MRSA in Brazilian hospitals, with the replacement of BEC, a previously well-established clone, by other lineages.

Avaliação cariotípica de pacientes com clínica de Síndrome de Down no HUAP-UFF / Karyotypic evaluation of patients with down syndrome clinic in HUAP-UFF

O objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar o perfil cariotípico de pacietnes que deram entrada no Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro-HUAP (Universidade Federal Fluminense), durante o período de 2006 a 2010, com clínica de síndrome de Down (SD) e determinar a ocorrência de cariótipos clássicos, mosaicismos e translocações. Para avaliação do cariótipo foi realizada a técnica de bandeamento G a partir de culturas de linfócitos. Dos 157 pacietnes que tiveram avaliação cariotípica solicitada no Laboratório de Hematologia-HUAP, 39 tinham clínica de SD, sendo que 32 apresentavam trissomia do cromossomo 21, um, translocação 21q:21q e, dois, translocação 14q:21q. Dois casos de mosaicismo foram detectados. Duas amostras não foram diagnosticadas como SD. Além disso, dois foram detectados. Duas amostras não foram diagnosticadas como SD. Além disso, dois casos não associados à suspeita clínica de Síndrome de Down foram diagnosticados como trissomia de cromossomo 21. O diagnóstico preciso da SD é fundamental para a orientação clínica adequada dos indivíduos afetados e para o fornecimento de informações relevantes ao planejamento familiar. O presente estudo indica a ocorrência destas alterações genéticas na população encaminhada ao Laboratório de Hematologia-HUAP, para análise do perfil cariotípico, demonstrando que o diagnóstico laboratorial correto é necessário para confirmar a clínica dos pacientes, salientando a importância da interação clínico laboratorial.