Prevalence and antibiotic susceptiblity of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus, collected at thammasat university hospital, thailand, august 2012 - july 2015.
PREVALENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBLITY OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, COLLECTED AT THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, THAILAND, AUGUST 2012 - JULY 2015.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2017 Mar;48(2):351-9
Authors: Phokhaphan P, Tingpej P, Apisarnthanarak A, Kondo S
Abstract
We analyzed data of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients attending
Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand from August 2012 to July 2015. In
total, 232/502 (46%) S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
There was a declining trend of proportion of MRSA infection, but the prevalence
of MRSA in the last year of study remained high (38%). All 32 MRSA-infected
outpatients had history of exposure to healthcare facilities during the previous two
months and thus were not considered as having community-associated MRSA.
In addition, all these strains were negative for pvl, suggesting that these strains
were hospital-associated MRSA. All MRSA stains were susceptible to linezolid,
teicoplanin and vancomycin, but resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin
were nearly 100%. Fifty-two percent and 87% of MRSA strains were susceptible
to tetracycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, respectively. These results
emphasize the necessity of long-term surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial
susceptibility pattern of MRSA.
PMID: 29642297 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research
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