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Regecová I, Výrostková J, Zigo F, Gregová G, Pipová M, Jevinová P, Becová J. Detection of Resistant and Enterotoxigenic Strains of Staphylococcus warneri Isolated from Food of Animal Origin. Foods 2022; 11:foods11101496. [PMID: 35627066 PMCID: PMC9141015 DOI: 10.3390/foods11101496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The topic of this work is the detection of antimicrobial resistance to Staphylococcus warneri strains and the genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins. It is considered a potential pathogen that can cause various—mostly inflammatory—diseases in immunosuppressed patients. The experimental part of the paper deals with the isolation of individual isolates from meat samples of Oryctolagus cuniculus, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Scomber scombrus, chicken thigh, beef thigh muscle, pork thigh muscle, and bryndza cheese. In total, 45 isolates were obtained and subjected to phenotypic (plasma coagulase activity, nuclease, pigment, hemolysis, lecithinase, and lipase production) and genotypic analyses to confirm the presence of the S. warneri species. The presence of genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins A (three isolates) and D (six isolates) was determined by PCR. Using the Miditech system, the minimum inhibitory concentration for various antibiotics or antibiotics combinations was determined, namely for ampicillin; ampicillin + sulbactam; oxacillin; cefoxitin; piperacillin + tazobactam; erythromycin; clindamycin; linezolid; rifampicin; gentamicin; teicoplanin; vancomycin; trimethoprim; chloramphenicol; tigecycline; moxifloxacin; ciprofloxacin; tetracycline; trimethoprim + sulfonamide; and nitrofurantoin. Resistance to ciprofloxacin and tetracycline was most common (73%). At the same time, out of a total of 45 isolates, 22% of the isolates were confirmed as multi-resistant. Isolates that showed phenotypic resistance to β-lactam antibiotics were subjected to mecA gene detection by PCR.
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- Ivana Regecová
- Department of Food Hygiene Technology and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia; (I.R.); (M.P.); (P.J.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene Technology and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia; (I.R.); (M.P.); (P.J.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Animal Husbandry, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia;
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- Department of Public Veterinary Medicine and Animal Welfare, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia;
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- Department of Food Hygiene Technology and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia; (I.R.); (M.P.); (P.J.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene Technology and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia; (I.R.); (M.P.); (P.J.); (J.B.)
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- Department of Food Hygiene Technology and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovakia; (I.R.); (M.P.); (P.J.); (J.B.)
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Epidemiological interpretation of studies examining the effect of antibiotic usage on resistance. Clin Microbiol Rev 2013; 26:289-307. [PMID: 23554418 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00001-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing clinical problem and public health threat. Antibiotic use is a known risk factor for the emergence of antibiotic resistance, but demonstrating the causal link between antibiotic use and resistance is challenging. This review describes different study designs for assessing the association between antibiotic use and resistance and discusses strengths and limitations of each. Approaches to measuring antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance are presented. Important methodological issues such as confounding, establishing temporality, and control group selection are examined.
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Aliprandis E, Ciralsky J, Lai H, Herling I, Katz HR. Comparative Efficacy of Topical Moxifloxacin Versus Ciprofloxacin and Vancomycin in the Treatment of P. aeruginosa and Ciprofloxacin-Resistant MRSA Keratitis in Rabbits. Cornea 2005; 24:201-5. [PMID: 15725889 DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000134462.88535.d0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the in vivo efficacy of topical moxifloxacin 0.5% versus ciprofloxacin 0.3% in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis and topical moxifloxacin 0.5% versus vancomycin 50 mg/mL in the treatment of ciprofloxacin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) keratitis in rabbits. METHODS Experimental bacterial keratitis was induced in rabbits by corneal intrastromal injection. Infection proceeded for 12 hours, after which topical antibiotics were applied hourly for 12 hours. Corneal homogenates were plated with serial dilutions for quantitative bacteriology. RESULTS Both moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin performed significantly better than control in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis (P=0.0046 and 0.0069, respectively); there were no significant differences between these 2 drugs in bactericidal activity (P=0.1120). Moxifloxacin performed significantly better than control in the treatment of ciprofloxacin-resistant MRSA (P=0.0321) keratitis, and vancomycin showed a trend toward statistical significance in performing better than control (P=0.0576); there were no significant differences between these 2 drugs in bactericidal activity (P=0.5205). CONCLUSIONS Topical moxifloxacin 0.5% and ciprofloxacin 0.3% have similar efficacy in the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in rabbits. Topical moxifloxacin 0.5% and vancomycin 50 mg/mL have similar efficacy in the treatment of ciprofloxacin-resistant MRSA keratitis in rabbits. These results suggest a potential value for topical moxifloxacin as a broad-spectrum agent in the treatment of bacterial keratitis.
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- Elias Aliprandis
- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21215-5271, USA
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Clark NM, Hershberger E, Zervosc MJ, Lynch JP. Antimicrobial resistance among gram-positive organisms in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care 2004; 9:403-12. [PMID: 14508154 DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200310000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The epidemiology of gram-positive pathogens in the intensive care unit are reviewed, recent trends in antimicrobial resistance among these organisms are discussed, and the significance of these data with respect to treatment are considered. RECENT FINDINGS Results of surveillance studies published in 2001 and 2002 have demonstrated that gram-positive organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, and enterococci are among the most common bacteria infecting patients in intensive care units. Furthermore, these organisms are becoming increasingly resistant to available antimicrobial agents, and 2002 has ushered in worrisome developments such as the appearance of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus and the rise in incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci are other problems of great concern. Novel antibiotics such as quinupristin/dalfopristin and linezolid have activity against these agents, but resistance may develop to these agents as well. Studies have shown that infections caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms may be associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and costs. Exposure to antibiotics is a major risk factor for producing antibiotic resistance in patients, and methods to limit the spread of these organisms include restriction of antibiotic use, infection control, surveillance programs, and isolation procedures. SUMMARY An awareness of the prevalence and patterns of resistance among gram-positive nosocomial pathogens is vital for the appropriate treatment of hospitalized patients. In addition, efforts must be made to minimize the selection and spread of these organisms.
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- Nina M Clark
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tacconelli E, D'Agata EMC, Karchmer AW. Epidemiological comparison of true methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia at hospital admission. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37:644-9. [PMID: 12942394 DOI: 10.1086/377207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2003] [Accepted: 04/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We performed 2 case-control studies among 108 patients with true coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CoNS) bacteremia diagnosed within 48 h of hospital admission. Seventy-nine patients (73%) with methicillin-resistant (MR) CoNS bacteremia and 29 patients (27%) with methicillin-susceptible (MS) CoNS bacteremia were compared with 79 randomly selected control patients without CoNS bacteremia. The presence of a central venous catheter was an independent risk factor for both MR- and MS-CoNS bacteremia (P<.001). Patients with MR-CoNS bacteremia were more frequently admitted from health care facilities (P=.02), more likely to have had previous MR Staphylococcus aureus infection or colonization (P=.02), and more likely to have received antibiotics in the previous 30 days (P=.02). The probability that bacteremia was caused by an MR strain, rather than an MS strain, was 62% among patients admitted from the community and 84% among patients admitted from health care facilities. This study identified epidemiological characteristics that can be used to distinguish between MR- and MS-CoNS bacteremia and found high rates of methicillin resistance among CoNS isolates recovered from patients admitted from the community, as well as from health care facilities.
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- Evelina Tacconelli
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Division of Infectious Diseases, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Resistance to fluoroquinolones among Gram-positive cocci has emerged as these antimicrobial agents have become extensively used in clinical medicine. Resistance is effected by changes in the bacterial target enzymes DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, which reduce drug binding, and by action of native bacterial membrane pumps that remove drug from the cell. In both cases, quinolone exposure selects for spontaneous mutants that are present in large bacterial populations, and which contain chromosomal mutations that alter the target protein or increase the level of pump expression. Resistance among clinical isolates has been greatest in Staphylococcus aureus and particularly among meticillin-resistant strains, in which both selection by quinolone exposure and transmission of clonal strains in health-care settings have contributed to high prevalence. Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae has also emerged in the community. Fluoroquinolone resistance has arisen in multidrug-resistant clones and its prevalence has been especially high in Hong Kong and Spain. Further spread and selection of such resistance could compromise the utility of a valuable class of antimicrobial agents, a point that emphasises the importance of the careful use of these agents in appropriate patients and doses, as well as careful infection-control practices.
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- David C Hooper
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114-2696, USA.
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Jarlier V. Caractéristiques et facteurs de risque de la résistance aux fluoroquinolones. Med Mal Infect 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(01)80102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Harris AD, Karchmer TB, Carmeli Y, Samore MH. Methodological principles of case-control studies that analyzed risk factors for antibiotic resistance: a systematic review. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 32:1055-61. [PMID: 11264034 DOI: 10.1086/319600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2000] [Revised: 08/28/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Case-control studies that analyze the risk factors for antibiotic-resistant organisms have varied epidemiological methodologies, which may lead to biased estimates of antibiotic risk factors. A systematic review of case-control studies that analyzed risk factors for antibiotic-resistant organisms addressed 3 methodological principles: method of control group selection, adjustment for time at risk, and adjustment for comorbid illness. A total of 406 abstracts were reviewed. Thirty-seven studies met the inclusion and exclusion criteria and were reviewed and evaluated for the 3 methodological principles. Thirteen (35%) of 37 studies chose the preferred control group. Eleven adjusted for time at risk. Twenty-seven adjusted for comorbid illness. Future studies need to consider more closely the optimization of control group selection, adjusting for confounding caused by time at risk, and adjusting for confounding caused by comorbid illness.
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- A D Harris
- Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Aires De Sousa M, Santos Sanches I, Ferro ML, De Lencastre H. Epidemiological study of staphylococcal colonization and cross-infection in two West African Hospitals. Microb Drug Resist 2001; 6:133-41. [PMID: 10990268 DOI: 10.1089/107662900419447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Surveillance in two medium-size (250-300 beds) hospitals located in the most populated islands of Cape Verde was undertaken in July 1997 in order to obtain data concerning nasal carriage of staphylococci. Nasal swabs (172) taken from inpatients and health care workers (HCW) from different internment services yielded 68 Staphylococcus aureus and 105 coagulase-negative staphylococcal (CNS) isolates, demonstrating extensive colonization of both inpatients and HCW by S. aureus (carriage rate 41%) and CNS (carriage rate 65%). The most frequent CNS species were S. epidermidis and S. haemolyticus. Three species--S. aureus, S. epidermidis, and S. sciuri-were recovered from wound swabs. The antibiotic susceptibility profiles of S. aureus and CNS differed sharply: all 68 S. aureus were resistant to penicillin but were fully susceptible to oxacillin as well as the other antimicrobial agents tested-gentamicin; erythromycin, except for three strains; ciprofloxacin; sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, except for two strains; vancomycin; and amoxicillin/clavulanate. In contrast, most (91/105) of CNS were resistant to both penicillin and oxacillin, and a variable but substantial proportion of CNS isolates also carried multiresistant traits to gentamicin, erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, and amoxicillin/clavulanate. The analysis by PFGE of the methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and the methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE) strains provided evidence for extensive cross-infection and cross-colonization from HCW to patients.
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- M Aires De Sousa
- Unidade de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Broad use of fluoroquinolones has been followed by emergence of resistance, which has been due mainly to chromosomal mutations in genes encoding the subunits of the drugs' target enzymes, DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, and in genes that affect the expression of diffusion channels in the outer membrane and multidrug-resistance efflux systems. Resistance emerged first in species in which single mutations were sufficient to cause clinically important levels of resistance (e.g., Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Subsequently, however, resistance has emerged in bacteria such as Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, in which multiple mutations are required to generate clinically important resistance. In these circumstances, the additional epidemiologic factors of drug use in animals and human-to-human spread appear to have contributed. Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is currently low, will require close monitoring as fluoroquinolones are used more extensively for treating respiratory tract infections.
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- D C Hooper
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2696, USA.
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Hooper DC. New uses for new and old quinolones and the challenge of resistance. Clin Infect Dis 2000; 30:243-54. [PMID: 10671323 DOI: 10.1086/313677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- D C Hooper
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114-2696, USA.
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Monsen T, Rönnmark M, Olofsson C, Wiström J. Antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococci isolated in blood cultures in relation to antibiotic consumption in hospital wards. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1999; 31:399-404. [PMID: 10528881 DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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A total of 510 isolates of Micrococcaceae, 500 of staphylococci and 10 micrococci, detected in 485 (3.3%) of 14,860 consecutive blood cultures obtained from patients at a Swedish university hospital and 2 local hospitals were identified to species level and investigated for antibiotic susceptibility. The 5 most frequently isolated species were Staphylococcus epidermidis (54.8%), S. aureus (28.0%), S. hominis (3.4%), S. warneri (3.2%) and S. haemolyticus (2.8%). All isolates of S. aureus were oxacillin sensitive. Great diversity in antibiotic resistance among coagulase negative staphylococci between hospitals and different ward units in the university hospital was observed. The frequency of antimicrobial resistance among S. epidermidis correlated with the antibiotic consumption at different ward units, in particular for ciprofloxacin (p < 0.001) and co-trimoxazole (p < 0.004). The study emphasizes the importance of monitoring antibiotic consumption and resistance patterns of nosocomial staphylococci in order to avoid emergence and spread of multi-resistant bacteria within the hospital environment.
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- T Monsen
- Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden
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Muñoz L, Martino R, Subirà M, Brunet S, Sureda A, Sierra J. Intensified prophylaxis of febrile neutropenia with ofloxacin plus rifampin during severe short-duration neutropenia in patients with lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 1999; 34:585-9. [PMID: 10492083 DOI: 10.3109/10428199909058487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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To analyse the impact of intensified prophylaxis with ofloxacin plus rifampin (O+R) in neutropenic patients we used this combination in 40 consecutive cycles of ifosfamide, cytarabine, prednisolone and etoposide (IAPVP-16). This salvage chemotherapy regimen for lymphoma usually produces four to six days of severe neutropenia without significant extrahematologic toxicities. We compared the infectious morbidity during neutropenia under O+R with 58 consecutives cycles using either norfloxacin or no prophylaxis (control group). Fifty-three percent of control group patients and 20% of the O+R group developed febrile neutropenia that required hospital admission (p<0.001, 95% CI for the difference between both proportions of 16% to 51%). Bacteremia was documented in two patients in the O+R group and six in the control group (p=0.08). Gram-positive cocci (GPC) accounted for all six bacteremias in the control group, while both cases in O+R group were due to a quinolone-resistant gram-negative bacteria (GNB) (p<0.01 for GPC). Five patients (13%) who received O+R and 23 (40%) in control group developed fever of unknown origin, p<0.001, while the total duration of hospitalization due to febril neutropenia was 42 days and 158 days, respectively (p<0.001). In conclusion, intensified prophylaxis with O+R appears to reduce the rate of febrile neutropenia and GPC bacteremia in patients with short and severe neutropenia, which translates into a reduction in the need for hospitalization.
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- L Muñoz
- Division of Clinical Hematology, Hospital De La Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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Dubin DT, Fitzgibbon JE, Nahvi MD, John JF. Topoisomerase sequences of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates resistant to ciprofloxacin or trovafloxacin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999; 43:1631-7. [PMID: 10390214 PMCID: PMC89335 DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates (n = 188) were screened for susceptibility to oxacillin, ciprofloxacin, and trovafloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone. At an oxacillin concentration of >/=4 microg/ml, 43% were methicillin resistant; of these, 70% were ciprofloxacin resistant (MIC, >/=4 microg/ml). Of the methicillin-resistant, ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates, 46% were susceptible to </=2 microg of trovafloxacin per ml and 32% were susceptible to </=1 microg of trovafloxacin per ml. Sixteen isolates, including twelve that expressed fluoroquinolone resistance, were chosen for detailed analysis. Identification of species by rRNA sequencing revealed a preponderance of Staphylococcus haemolyticus and S. hominis among fluoroquinolone-resistant strains. Segments of genes (gyrA and grlA) encoding DNA gyrase and DNA topoisomerase IV were sequenced. Considerable interspecies variation was noted, mainly involving noncoding nucleotide changes. Intraspecies variation consisted of coding changes associated with fluoroquinolone resistance. As for S. aureus, ciprofloxacin resistance (MIC, >/=8 microg/ml) and increased trovafloxacin MICs (0.25 to 2 microg/ml) could be conferred by the combined presence of single mutations in each gyrA and grlA gene. Trovafloxacin MICs of >/=8 microg/ml also occurred, but these required an additional mutation in grlA.
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- D T Dubin
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635, USA.
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