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