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Gurung RR, Maharjan P, Chhetri GG. Antibiotic resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus with reference to MRSA isolates from pediatric patients. Future Sci OA 2020; 6:FSO464. [PMID: 32257376 PMCID: PMC7117559 DOI: 10.2144/fsoa-2019-0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Aim: The extent of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in Nepalese children is largely unknown. Materials & methods: Six hundred and seventy-two clinical samples collected from 232 patients between June and November 2016 were processed in a microbiology laboratory. Results: Out of 300 culture-positive samples, 52 (17.3%) were S. aureus isolates. Among those 52, 39 (75.0%) were found to be MRSA. The infection rate of S. aureus was shown to be higher in inpatients (55.7%) compared with outpatients (44.3%) at p = 0.637, 95% CI. Thirteen types of antibiotics were used in the antibiotic susceptibility test. MRSA isolates showed 100 and 0% resistance to penicillin and vancomycin, respectively. The D-test showed inducible clindamycin-resistant phenotype in 15.4% of MRSA isolates. Conclusion: This demonstrates the utmost need for routine testing for MRSA in Nepalese hospitals. The problem of antibiotic resistance is rising worldwide. Methicillin antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (i.e., MRSA) infection is one of the bacterial infections that contribute to increased health and economic burdens. An accurate understanding of the MRSA infection status in Nepalese children is not available to date. Thus, the current research was performed in a pediatric hospital. We also discovered that MRSA is not tested routinely and thus we recommend it should be monitored regularly, as with other bacterial infections.
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- Raja Ram Gurung
- Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Department of Microbiology, Kirtipur, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.,Biotechnology Society of Nepal (BSN), Rani Devi Marg, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
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- Biotechnology Society of Nepal (BSN), Rani Devi Marg, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.,Amrit Science Campus affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Department of Microbiology, Thamel, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
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- Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Department of Microbiology, Kirtipur, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
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López Y, Tato M, Gargallo-Viola D, Cantón R, Vila J, Zsolt I. Mutant prevention concentration of ozenoxacin for quinolone-susceptible or -resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223326. [PMID: 31596898 PMCID: PMC6785070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ozenoxacin (OZN) belongs to a new generation of non-fluorinated quinolones for the topical treatment of skin infections which has shown to be effective in the treatment of susceptible and resistant Gram-positive cocci. The mutant prevention concentration (MPC) of ozenoxacin, levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin was determined in quinolone-susceptible and -resistant strains including methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis and methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis with different profile of mutation in the quinolone resistance determining regions (QRDR). The MPC value of OZN for the methicillin-susceptible S. aureus strain susceptible to quinolones, without mutations in QRDR, was 0.05 mg/L, being 280-fold lower than that observed with ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin. In methicillin-susceptible and–resistant S. aureus strains with mutations in the gyrA or/and grlA genes the MPC of OZN went from 0.1 to 6 mg/L, whereas the MPC of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin was > 50 mg/L for the same strains. For methicillin-susceptible and–resistant S. epidermidis the results were similar to those abovementioned for S. aureus. According to our results, the MPC of OZN was far below the quantity of ozenoxacin achieved in the epidermal layer, suggesting that the in vivo selection of mutants, if it occurs, will take place at low frequency. Ozenoxacin is an excellent candidate for the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible and quinolone-resistant staphylococci isolated usually from skin infections.
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- Y López
- Institute of Global Health of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Global Health of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Department, Ferrer Internacional, Barcelona, Spain
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Marcianes P, Negro S, García-García L, Montejo C, Barcia E, Fernández-Carballido A. Surface-modified gatifloxacin nanoparticles with potential for treating central nervous system tuberculosis. Int J Nanomedicine 2017; 12:1959-1968. [PMID: 28331318 PMCID: PMC5357078 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s130908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A new nanocarrier is developed for the passage of gatifloxacin through the blood-brain barrier to treat central nervous system tuberculosis. Gatifloxacin nanoparticles were prepared by nanoprecipitation using poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) 502 and polysorbate 80 or Labrafil as surface modifiers. The evaluation of in vivo blood-brain barrier transport was carried out in male Wistar rats using rhodamine-loaded PLGA nanoparticles prepared with and without the surface modifiers. At 30 and 60 minutes after administration, nanoparticle biodistribution into the brain (hippocampus and cortex), lungs, and liver was studied. The results obtained from the cerebral cortex and hippocampus showed that functionalization of rhodamine nanoparticles significantly increased their passage into the central nervous system. At 60 minutes, rhodamine concentrations decreased in both the lungs and the liver but were still high in the cerebral cortex. To distinguish the effect between the surfactants, gatifloxacin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles were prepared. The best results corresponded to the formulation prepared with polysorbate 80 with regard to encapsulation efficiency (28.2%), particle size (176.5 nm), and ζ-potential (-20.1 mV), thereby resulting in a promising drug delivery system to treat cerebral tuberculosis.
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- Patricia Marcianes
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Multidisciplinary Institute of Cerebral Cartography, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University CEU-San Pablo, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Fariña N, Samudio M, Carpinelli L, Nentwich MM, de Kaspar HM. Methicillin resistance and biofilm production of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from infectious and normal flora conjunctiva. Int Ophthalmol 2016; 37:819-825. [PMID: 27614460 DOI: 10.1007/s10792-016-0339-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Coagulase-negative staphylococci have been reported to be the most frequent cause of bacterial postoperative endophthalmitis. Biofilm formation is the major virulence factor of Staphylococcus epidermidis and is often associated with methicillin resistance. This study aims at evaluating the presence of biofilm-producing and methicillin resistance genes (mecA) in S. epidermidis. METHODS S. epidermidis isolated from clinically infected sites (group 1) and from normal human conjunctiva (group 2) were studied. All the isolates were tested for their ability to produce biofilm by the conventional Christensen´s method and the presence of mecA by PCR using the 22-mer oligonucleotides as primers. RESULTS In total 20 isolates from group 1 and 22 from group 2 were studied. Biofilm and mecA were detected in 15 (75 %) and in 14 (70 %) in group 1 as compared to 8 (36.3 %) and 4 (18.2 %) in group 2 (p = 0.016). Simultaneously, biofilm production and presence of mecA genes were observed in 13/20 (65.0 %) in group 1, and 4/22 (18.2 %) in group 2 (p = 0.002). Multi-resistance was observed in 55 % in group 1 and 9 % in group 2 (p = 0.002); 57 % of the biofilm-producing strains was multi-resistant in contrast to none of the non-producing strains. In all multi-resistant strains, biofilm production was seen. CONCLUSIONS Biofilm formation capacity was widely distributed, particularly among mecA (+) S. epidermidis strains, which also displayed a high diversity of antibiotic resistance profiles.
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- Norma Fariña
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (IICS), Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (IICS), Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud (IICS), Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg, Germany
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Bhattacharya D, Bhattacharya H, Thamizhmani R, Sayi DS, Reesu R, Anwesh M, Kartick C, Bharadwaj AP, Singhania M, Sugunan AP, Roy S. Shigellosis in Bay of Bengal Islands, India: clinical and seasonal patterns, surveillance of antibiotic susceptibility patterns, and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Shigella strains isolated during a 6-year period from 2006 to 2011. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 33:157-70. [PMID: 23990135 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-1937-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study aims to determine the clinical features and seasonal patterns associated with shigellosis, the antimicrobial resistance frequencies of the isolates obtained during the period 2006-2012 for 22 antibiotics, and the molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant strains isolated from endemic cases of shigellosis in the remote islands of India, with special reference to fluoroquinolone and third-generation cephalosporins resistance. During the period from January 2006 to December 2011, stool samples were obtained and processed to isolate Shigella spp. The isolates were evaluated with respect to their antibiotic resistance pattern and various multidrug resistance determinants, including resistance genes, quinolone resistance determinants, and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production. Morbidity for shigellosis was found to be 9.3 % among children in these islands. Cases of shigellosis occurred mainly during the rainy seasons and were found to be higher in the age group 2-5 years. A wide spectrum of resistance was observed among the Shigella strains, and more than 50 % of the isolates were multidrug-resistant. The development of multidrug-resistant strains was found to be associated with various drug-resistant genes, multiple mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR), and the presence of plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistant determinants and efflux pump mediators. This report represents the first presentation of the results of long-term surveillance and molecular characterization concerning antimicrobial resistances in clinical Shigella strains in these islands. Information gathered as part of the investigations will be instrumental in identifying emerging antimicrobial resistance, for developing treatment guidelines appropriate for that community, and to provide baseline data with which to compare outbreak strains in the future.
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- D Bhattacharya
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, (Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India), Post Bag No. 13, Port Blair, 744101, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
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