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Frequency of community-acquired methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital in Peru
- Source :
- Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 313-7 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021.
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Abstract
- In order to determine the frequency of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolates and to describe the antimicrobial resistance pattern and genotype, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 at the Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. We found a MRSA prevalence of 46.1% in the 115 analyzed S. aureus isolates; most were reported from different secretions (26.4%) and blood (18.9%). We found high co-resistance (75%) to clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Regarding SSCmec typification, most of the isolates were identified as hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA) and a minority of them as CA-MRSA (2.6%). Despite its low prevalence when compared to other Latin American countries (27%), epidemiological surveillance is recommended to control local CA-MRSA dissemination.
Details
- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 17264634 and 17264642
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.92da536e3fd467a9483fa7e66c7b234
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2021.382.6867