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9376060

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
Over a period of three years, the frequency of the appearance of methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains (MRSA) was observed on a surgical intensive care unit. During this above-mentioned period of investigation it came to a heaped occurrence of nosocomial infections on this ICU with altogether 332 S. aureus-stems being isolated from different patient specimen. 204 (61.5%) of these were resistant against methicillin and could be divided into 48 first- and 156 follow-up-isolates. The thereupon accomplished differentiation of the 48 MRSA-first isolates by means of lysotyping and the pioneered GenePath Strain Typing System for a standardized pulsed-field-gel-electrophoresis (PFGE) gave the proof of 7 different MRSA-types. Around 7 different, in part parallel chains of infection on this ICU were observed, which could be led back to different strains. In reference to all analyzed S. aureus, an especially high rate (90%) of MRSA on this ICU could be isolated in taken wound-swabs, followed by 83.3% MRSA at catheter tips and 71,9% in tracheal and bronchial secretion. A consideration of the antibiotic susceptibility yielded, that also gentamicin and the quinolones showed an in-vitro resistance against MRSA, while fosfomycin, fusidic acid, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole reached positive responding rates between 80 and 100%. On the other hand, presently still 100% of the explored MRSA-strains are susceptible for glycopeptides such as vancomycin and teicoplanin. Because of intensive hospital hygienic measures the number of newly isolated MRSA could be reduced clearly on this ward.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0934-8859
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
198
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
355-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Typing, resistance behavior and occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in a surgical intensive care unit].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Virologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract