Hosseinkhani, Faride and Jabalameli, Fereshteh and Nodeh Farahani, Narges and Taherikalani, Morovat and van Leeuwen, Willem B and Emaneini, Mohammad (2016) Variable number of tandem repeats profiles and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains isolated from blood cultures in children. journal pertain, 38.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a healthcare-associated pathogen and can cause a variety of lifethreatening infections. Additionally, multi-drug resistance (MDR), in particular methicillin-resistant S. haemolyticus (MRSH) isolates, have emerged. Dissemination of such strains can be of great concern in the hospital environment. A total number of 20 S. haemolyticus isolates from blood cultures obtained from children were included in this study. A high prevalence of MDR-MRSH isolates with high MIC values to vancomycin was found and 35% of the isolates were intermediate resistant to vancomycin. Multilocus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVF) revealed 5 MLVF types among 20 isolates of S. haemolyticus. Twelve isolates shared the same MLVF type and were isolated from different wards in a pediatric hospital in Iran. This is a serious alarm for infection control; i.e. in the absence of adequate infection diagnostics and infection control guidelines, these resistant strains can spread to other sectors of a hospital and possibly among the community. Keywords: S. haemolyticus, MLVF typing, multidrug resistance, blood culture, pediatric patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositing User: | lorestan university |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2016 07:01 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2017 20:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/319 |
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