Journal of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology ›› 2023, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (3): 174-177.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-2302.2023.03.012

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Clinical distribution and drug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from inpatients

XU Bei(), LI Ping, ZHANG Qing-song()   

  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine of XuanCheng City Central Hospital, Xuancheng 242000, Anhui Province, China
  • Received:2023-03-22 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2023-07-06
  • Contact: ZHANG Qing-song, E-mail: qszhang07@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the patterns of clinical distribution and drug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from hospitalized patients in a hospital for scientific evidence in the treatment of the infection in clinic. Methods Patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection treated in XuanCheng City Central Hospital were included from September 2021 to March 2023 as study subjects. The resistance genes mecA and Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) of Staphylococcus aureus were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), SPSS 20.0 and WHONET 5.6 software was used to analyze the clinical distribution patterns and drug resistance status of Staphylococcus aureus infection. Results A total of 133 patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections were included in the analysis. Among single department, the top two departments were Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (21.8%, 29/133) and the Intensive Care Unit (18.8%, 25/133). The major types of infection were skin furuncle & carbuncle and bedsore (47.4%, 63/133) as well as involvement of upper respiratory tract (23.3%, 31/133) and lower respiratory tract (13.5%, 18/133). The drug susceptibility tests showed that Staphylococcus aureus was 100.0% sensitive to vancomycin, linezolid, tigecycline, nitrofurantoin and rifampicin. The resistance rate to penicillin was the highest, 88.0%, followed by crythromycin and clindamycin, 34.6% and 30.1%, respectively. The detection rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was 23.3% (31/133). Of 31 MRSA strains, 30 carried mecA gene, 6 carried PVL gene, and 5 carried both mecA and PVL genes. Conclusion Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitalized patients in XuanCheng City Central Hospital primarily occurred in patients from Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care Unit. The rate of resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin and other antibiotics was high, antibiotics should be rationally prescribed and standardized according to the drug susceptibility test results in clinical management of the infection.

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, Clinical features, Drug resistance

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