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This study was conducted to detect the presence of heterogenous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (heteroVISA) among MRSA isolates in a major hospital. Forty-three MRSA isolates with vancomycin MIC 2 μg/ml collected in 2009 was screened for heteroVISA using Etest Glycopeptide Resistance Detection (GRD) and confirmed by population analysis profile-area under curve method. The genetic relatedness of heteroVISA strains with other MRSA was examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method. Two isolates were shown to be heteroVISA and derived from the same clone. This showed that heteroVISA strains were already present among our local strains since 2009 and were genetically related to other susceptible strains.
ABSTRACT
O Staphylococcus aureus é uma bactéria do grupo dos cocos gram-positivos que faz parte da microbiota humana, mas que pode provocar doenças que vão desde uma infecção simples, como espinhas e furúnculos, até as mais graves, como pneumonia, meningite, endocardite, síndrome do choque tóxico e septicemia, entre outras. Essa bactéria foi uma das primeiras a serem controladas com a descoberta dos antibióticos, mas, devido a sua enorme capacidade de adaptação e resistência, tornou-se uma das espécies de maior importância no quadro das infecções hospitalares e comunitárias. Neste artigo faremos uma revisão sobre esse agente infeccioso e as bases dos mecanismos das patologias por ele provocadas, de forma a ressaltar a necessidade de mantê-lo como alvo para o desenho de novos antibióticos.
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium from Gram-positive coccus group, which is part of the human microbiota. It may cause diseases that may vary from simple infections (i.e., pimples and furuncles) to severe infections, such as pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis, toxic shock syndrome and septicemia, among others. This bacterium was one of the first bacteria affected by antibacterial agents, however, its ability of adaptation and resistance turns it into an important hospital and communitarian pathogenic species of great concern. In this article we will discuss some important points related to the S. aureus and the pathologies related to it to reinforce it as a target for the design of new antibiotics.
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the in vitro activities of arbekacin-based combination regimens against vancomycin hetero-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hetero-VISA). Combinations of arbekacin with vancomycin, rifampin, ampicillin-sulbactam, teicoplanin, or quinipristin-dalfopristin against seven hetero-VISA strains and two methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains were evaluated by the time-kill assay. The combinations of arbekacin with vancomycin, teicoplanin, or ampicillinsulbactam showed the synergistic interaction against hetero-VISA strains. Data suggest that these arbekacin-based combination regimens may be useful candidates for treatment options of hetero-VISA infections.