scholarly journals Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in erythromycin resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and CONS at tertiary care hospital

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Sangita Thapa ◽  
Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota

Background & Objectives: The objective of this study was to isolate and identify Staphylococcus species from different samples clinical samples and to determine the current trend regarding the incidence and distribution of inducible clindamycin resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and CONS.Materials & Methods: A total of 264 isolates of staphylococcus species were isolated from various clinical samples. Clinical samples were cultured and Staphylococcus species were identified using standard microbiological methods recommended by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Methicillin resistance was confirmed using cefoxitin and oxacillin disks. Inducible clindamycin resistance was identified using D-zone test.Results: Among 264 erythromycin resistant staphylococcus species, 213 (80.6%) were S. aureus and 51 (19.3%) were CONS. Out of 213 erythromycin resistant isolates of S. aureus, 140 (65.7%) were MRSA and 73 (34.2%) were MSSA whereas out of 51 erythromycin resistant isolates of CONS, 28 (54.9%) were MRCNS and 23 (45%) were MSCNS. Constitutive MLSB phenotype and Inducible MLSB phenotype was higher among both MRSA and MRCNS isolates. MS phenotype was more predominant among 11 (5.1%) MSSA and 5 (9.8%) MSCNS isolates compared to 9 (4.2%) in MRSA and 2 (3.9%) in MRCNS.Conclusion: The prevalence of constitutive & inducible clindamycin resistance in staphylococcus isolates was high among both MRSA and MRCNS. Hence the implementation of D-test routinely, will reveal the iMLSB & cMLSB phenotype & will guide the clinicians whether to use clindamycin in staphylococcal infections when erythromycin resistance is present.

Author(s):  
Rohit Kumar ◽  
Jagarti . ◽  
Mrinmoy Sarma ◽  
Gautam Shalini

Background: The increasing frequency of MRSA infections and rapidly changing patterns in antimicrobial resistance, led to renewed interest in the usage of Macrolides-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B (MLSB) antibiotics to treat Staphylococcus aureus infection. Clindamycin is an important drug used in the treatment of MRSA and MSSA infection. The aim of this study was to determine inducible and constitutive clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus by D-test.Methods: During a period of 6 months from July 2018 to December 2018, a total of 100 Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different clinical samples were subjected to routine antibiotic sensitivity testing by Kirby Bauer’s disc diffusion method. Methicillin-resistance was determined by using the cefoxitin (30 µg) disc. Incidence of MLSBc and MLSBi in Staphylococcus aureus isolates by D-test as per CLSI guidelines.Results: Out of 100 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from 350 clinical samples, 70(70%) were found to be MRSA and 30(30%) were MSSA. Among 100 Staphylococcus aureus isolates, 40% isolates showed MLSBi resistance, 28% isolates showed MLSBc resistance, 6% isolates showed MS phenotype and 26% isolates showed Sensitive phenotype. MLSBc and MLSBi were found to be higher in MRSA as compared to MSSA (21%, 27% and 7%, 10% respectively). All clinical isolates showed 100% sensitivity to Vancomycin and Linezolid in routine antibiotic susceptibility testing.Conclusions: Continuous surveillance of the MLSB resistance is important and required before the prescription of clindamycin to treat MRSA infections.


Author(s):  
Harsha Sreedharan ◽  
KB Asha Pai

Introduction: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) infection is a major global healthcare problem, the prevalence of which varies from 25-50% in India. It is known to cause Skin and Soft tissue Infections (SSI), endovascular infections, endocarditis, pneumonia, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and sepsis. Vancomycin is the drug of choice for treating severe MRSA infections. Ceftaroline, a fifth-generation cephalosporin has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for treating acute bacterial SSI caused by susceptible micro-organisms including MRSA, Community acquired respiratory tract infection, MRSA bacteremia and endocarditis. Aim: To assess the susceptibility of clinical isolates of S. aureusto ceftaroline, in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology of a Tertiary Care Hospital over a period of two months from June 2019 to July 2019. S.aureus isolates from various clinical samples were screened for methicillin resistance by disc diffusion method using cefoxitin disc and ceftaroline susceptibility of these isolates was assessed by E-strip method. The isolates were classified as ceftaroline susceptible, Susceptibility Dose Dependent (SDD) and ceftaroline resistant respectively as per CLSI guidelines. A descriptive analysis of the data was done and the results were presented as frequencies and percentages. Results: All the S.aureus isolates were found to be susceptible to ceftaroline. Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus(MSSA) isolates had lower Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) when compared to MRSA. The highest MIC among MRSA was 0.5 μg/mL. Conclusion: Ceftaroline can be considered as an effective alternative for treatment of infections caused by MRSA.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Sharma Regmi ◽  
Sujan Khadka ◽  
Sanjeep Sapkota ◽  
Swekshya Thapa Magar ◽  
Sanjib Adhikari ◽  
...  

Background: Clindamycin is regarded as a reserve drug in the treatment of staphylococcal infections. Among few therapeutic alternatives available for treatment of erythromycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, clindamycin has several advantages but major limitation in its use is the development of resistance resulting in treatment failure. Routine clindamycin susceptibility test may fail to detect such inducible resistance which can be detected by Double disc diffusion test (D-test). The present study was undertaken to determine the incidence of inducible clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of S. aureus in a tertiary care hospital in central Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among the patients visiting Bharatpur Hospital from September to November 2019. A total of 1279 clinical samples were examined for the identification of S. aureus by standard microbiological procedures. Antibiotic susceptibility testing of the isolates was done by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method and all the erythromycin-resistant isolates were subjected to D-test for the phenotypic detection of inducible clindamycin resistance according to CLSI guidelines (2016). Results: S. aureus was recovered from 4.5% (58/1279) samples of which 35 isolates were Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and 23 were multi-drug resistant (MDR). Tetracycline was found to be the most effective antibiotic whereas erythromycin was the least effective. D-test revealed that 39.7% isolates showed iMLSB phenotype, 3.5% showed cMLSB phenotype and 56.8% showed MS phenotype. The percentage of inducible and constitutive resistance was seen higher amongst MRSA isolates compared to Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates. Incidence of S. aureus was found higher among females and in the age group 20-30 years and in pus samples (p<0.01). Conclusions: Routine testing of inducible clindamycin resistance is suggested among the clinical isolates of erythromycin-resistant Staphylococci to avoid treatment failure.  


1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Author(s):  
Shameem Akhter ◽  
SM Zahurul Haque ◽  
M Mushfequr Rahman

Inducible clindamycin resistance was detemined in 200 clinical isolates of staphylococci from pus (53.5%) and wound swab (46.5%). The study was done from July 2009 to June 2010, in the Department of Microbiology, BIHS Hospital Dhaka. Inducible clindamycin resistance was demonstrated by placing an erythromycin disc (15 ìg) 15 mm apart from the edge of a clindamycin (2 ìg) disc in Mueller Hinton agar. When the clindamycin inhibited zone becomes D- shaped the organism was regarded as positive for inducible resistance (D- test positive). Out of 200 staphylococci, 20% had inducible clindamycin resistance, 5% had constitutive clindamycin resistance and remaining 75% was clindamycin sensitive. In case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), 48% had inducible clindamycin resistance while 11.5% was constitutively resistant to clindamycin and remainder were clindamycin sensitive. All clindamycin resistant strains were 100% sensitive to vancomycin and linezolid followed by gentamycin (42%) and tetracycline (42.3%). The findings demonstrated that a substantial proportion of staphylococci in our tertiary care hospital had inducible resistance to clindamycin.Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2011; 5(1): 6-8 Key words: Staphylococcus aureus; Inducible clindamycin resistance; Constitutive clindamycin resistance; D-testDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/imcj.v5i1.9853  


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Asmita Singh ◽  
Anita Pandey ◽  
Amit Singh ◽  
Priyanka Chaturvedi

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes wide range of clinical infections. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is endemic in India and is a dangerous pathogen causing hospital acquired infection leadings to signicant morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:To study the prole of Staphylococcus aureusisolated from patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital. RESULT: Majority of clinical isolates of S.aurueswas obtained from patients of skin and soft tissue infection(54.66%) followed by those suffering from respiratory infection (13.33%), blood stream infection (13.33%) and UTI(8%). S.aureus was predominantly isolated from IPD samples, maximum cases were in the age group of 31-40 years and males outnumbered females. There was predominance of MRSA 112 (74.66%)which showed high level of resistance to penicillin (100%), ciprooxacin (82.14 %), co-trimoxazole (79.46%) and moxioxacin(85.71%). All the clinical isolates of S.aureuswere sensitive to linezolid andvancomycin (MIC <1ugm/ml). CONCLUSIONS: The clinical isolates of S.aureusshowed high level of resistance to various antimicrobial agents which is a signicant nosocomial threat. Surveillance and infection control practices should be carried out to prevent cross transmission of such resistant pathogen within the hospital setting


Author(s):  
Mahalakshmi G. ◽  
Neelusree P. ◽  
Kalyani M.

Background: Staphylococcus aureus is Gram positive cocci. The pyogenic bacteria which is responsible for a variety of diseases that ranges in severity from mild skin and soft tissue infections to life-threatening conditions such as endocarditis, pneumonia, and sepsis. There is a scenario of increasing Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) group of antibiotics they have different structure with same mechanism of action which serves as one good alternative. There is a frequency of increasing Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and their change in antimicrobial resistance pattern. There is a concern about use of this antibiotic in the presence of Erythromycin resistance because of the possibility of inducible resistance among the members of Macrolide, lincosamide, Strepto-gramin B (MLSB) group. The invitro resistance exhibited by Staphylococcus aureus to erythromycin, Clindamycin, and other drugs of MLSB groups is due to the expression of ribosomal methylases(erm) genes. The detection of inducible Clindamycin resistance can limit the effectiveness of these drugs. Objective of the study: To isolate of Staphylococcus aureus from various clinical samples to differentiate between Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) by conventional methods. To detect inducible and constitutive Clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates by D test. To detect ermA gene responsible for resistance by PCR. Methodology: This cross sectional study was done for a period of six months. Totally 106 Staphylococcus aureus isolates was obtained various clinical samples were processed using standard guidelines. Result: From the 106 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus 67(63.3%) were MSSA and 39(36.7%) were MRSA. D-test was positive in n=9 of the n=21 MRSA and n=17 of the n=85 MSSA, which denotes inducible Clindamycin resistance. N- 9 of MRSA and n=13(22%) of MSSA showed Constitutional Clindamycin resistance. The statistics show that there is a significant Difference in constitutive resistance between MRSA and MSSA. In India ermA gene is most prevalent, out of 22 d-test positive n=13 ermA gene were detected (n=3-MRSA and n=10-MSSA) by using conventional PCR. Conclusion: The MLSB family of antibiotics is one such alternative and CD is preferred. Clinical microbiology laboratories should report inducible Clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and D-test can be used as a simple, auxiliary and reliable method to Delineate inducible and constitutive Clindamycin resistance in routine clinical laboratories.


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