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Epidemiological Profile of Linezolid‐Resistant Coagulase‐Negative Staphylococci
- Source :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases. 43:165-171
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2006.
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Abstract
- Surveillance studies have shown that0.1% of coagulase-negative staphylococci are linezolid resistant; however, at our institution, 4% of such organisms were found to be resistant. We investigated the risk factors for and the epidemiological profile of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci.Susceptibility testing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were performed to analyze the genetic relatedness of both linezolid-resistant and linezolid-susceptible isolates. Clinical data were retrieved from medical records, and a case-case-control study was performed to identify unique risk factors for linezolid resistance.Isolates recovered from 25 patients with linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci were examined; all but 1 of the isolates were identified as Staphylococcus epidermidis, and all but 1 had a minimum inhibitory concentration of linezolid of256 microg/mL. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that 21 (84%) of 25 linezolid-resistant isolates exhibited genetic relatedness, whereas linezolid-susceptible isolates were of diverse clones. Unique, independent predictors of linezolid resistance included receipt of linezolid in the 3 months preceding isolation of the coagulase-negative staphylococci (odds ratio, 20.6; 95% confidence interval, 5.8-73.0).Linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci have emerged at our institution and are predominately of a single clone. We believe that the most likely scenario to explain this emergence is that person-to-person spread of linezolid-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci led to establishment of skin colonization with the strain. Subsequent use of linezolid was followed by selection of the linezolid-resistant strain, which then became the dominant skin flora. The potential for a parallel scenario involving clonal dissemination followed by selection of linezolid-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a real possibility.
- Subjects :
- Male
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Micrococcaceae
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Anti-Infective Agents
Risk Factors
Acetamides
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Epidemiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis
medicine
Humans
heterocyclic compounds
Oxazolidinones
Antibacterial agent
biology
business.industry
Linezolid
Middle Aged
Staphylococcal Infections
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Infectious Diseases
chemistry
bacteria
Female
Coagulase
business
Staphylococcus
Enterococcus faecium
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15376591 and 10584838
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....803583379cf7dc9141ccce7c45499929