Spread of a methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clone isolated from bacteremia in elderly patients in a Brazilian general hospital
Rev. panam. infectol
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9(2): 18-22, abr.-jun. 2007.
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
A study of the genomic diversity of MRSA strains isolated from elderly patients with infection/colonization in three repeated prevalence, cross sectional studies was performed in the 1999-2000 period. In this study, 13 MRSA isolates from blood cultures and 5 from rectal and nare cultures were obtained from 18 patients (13 elderly and 5 adults). Most of the patients were being treated with two or more antimicrobials (83.3%), had insertion of invasive devices (88.9%) and were managed in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and/or surgical units (66.7%). MIC (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration) data showed that 88.9% of the MRSA strains were resistant to high concentrations of oxacillin (MIC > 256 ìg/mL), 94.5% of the MRSA carried the mecA gene in their genome, and most (65.0%) of the isolates were indistinguishable according to their DNA fingerprinting generated by PFGE (Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis). Although PFGE typing was performed with a few MRSA isolates, our results demonstrate that one MRSA clone was associated with infection/colonization in patients with an obvious connection among five out of eleven patients who stayed in the same clinic and ICU during the same period. Hospital acquired infection, a major silent epidemy, is associated with prolonged hospital stay and high mortality rate and its cause must be better evaluated.
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Asunto principal:
Oxacilina
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Infección Hospitalaria
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Resistencia a la Meticilina
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Células Clonales
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Infecciones
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev. panam. infectol
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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