Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the western region of Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-516

  El Amin, Nagwa M ^a   Faidah, Hani S ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868634241     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.513     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Elston JW, Barlow GD. Community-associated MRSA in the United Kingdom. JInfect 2009; 59: 149- 155.
2. Moore CL, Hingwe A, Donabedian SM, Perri MB, Davis SL, Haque NZ et al. Comparative evaluation of epidemiology and outcomes of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) USA300 infections causing community- and healthcareassociated infections. IntJAntimicrobAgents 2009; 34: 148-155.
3. Bassetti M, Nicco E, Mikulska M. Why is community-associated MRSA spreading across the world and how will it change clinical practice? IntJAntimicrobAgents 2009; 34: S15-S19.
4. Klevens RM, Morrison MA, Nadle J, Petit S, Gershman K, Ray S et al. Invasive methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. JAMA 2007; 298: 1763-1771.
5. Fridkin SK, Hageman JC, Morrison M, Sanza LT, Como-Sabetti K, Jernigan JA et al. Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities. N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 1436-1444.
6. Baldan R, Tassan DC, Semeraro G, Costa C, Cichero P, Scarpellini P et al. Severe communityonset infections in healthy individuals caused by community-acquired MRSA in an Italian teaching hospital, 2006-2008. JHospInfect 2009; 72: 271-273.
7. Rozenbaum R, Sampaio MG, Batista GS, Garibaldi AM, Terra GM, Souza MJ et al. The first report in Brazil of severe infection caused by communityacquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). BrazJMedBiolRes 2009; 42: 756-760.
8. Al-Tawfiq JA. Incidence and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Saudi Arabian Hospital, 1999-2003. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27: 1137-1139.
9. Al-Mendalawi MD. Severe community-acquired infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabian children. Saudi Med J 31: 461; author reply 461-462.
10. Bukhari EE, Al-Otaibi FE. Severe communityacquired infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saudi Arabian children. Saudi Med J 2009; 30: 1595-1600.
11. Ahmad S, Alenzi FQ, Al-Juaid NF, Ahmed S. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Armed Forces Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2009; 35: 28-30.
12. Bukharie HA. Increasing threat of communityacquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Am J Med Sci 340: 378-381.
13. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Fifteenth informational supplement. Document M100-S15. Wayen, PA: CLSI 2005.
14. Adaleti R, Nakipoglu Y, Karahan ZC, Tasdemir C, Kaya F. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and conventional methods in detecting methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect Dev Ctries 2008; 2: 46-50.
15. Baddour MM, AbuElKheir MM, Fatani AJ. Comparison of mecA polymerase chain reaction with phenotypic methods for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Curr Microbiol 2007; 55: 473-479.
16. Anand KB, Agrawal P, Kumar S, Kapila K. Comparison of cefoxitin disc diffusion test, oxacillin screen agar, and PCR for mecA gene for detection of MRSA. Indian JMedMicrobiol 2009; 27: 27-29.
17. Kerttula AM, Mero S, Pasanen T, Vuopio-Varkila J, Virolainen A. Evaluation of phenotypic and molecular methods for screening and detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Scand J Infect Dis 2008; 40: 663-666.
18. McMullen KM, Warren DK, Woeltje KF. The changing susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a midwestern hospital: the emergence of "community-associated" MRSA. AmJInfectControl 2009; 37: 454-457.
19. Baddour MM, Abuelkheir MM, Fatani AJ. Trends in antibiotic susceptibility patterns and epidemiology of MRSA isolates from several hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 2006; 5: 30.
20. Bordon J, Master RN, Clark RB, Duvvuri P, Karlowsky JA, Ayesu K et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus resistance to non-betalactam antimicrobials in the United States from 1996 to 2008. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 67: 395- 398.
21. Draghi DC, Sheehan DF, Hogan P, Sahm DF. Current antimicrobial resistance profiles among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus encountered in the outpatient setting. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2006; 55: 129-133.
22. Neela V, Sasikumar M, Ghaznavi GR, Zamberi S, Mariana S. In vitro activities of 28 antimicrobial agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a clinical setting in Malaysia. Southeast Asian JTropMedPublic Health 2008; 39: 885-892.
23. Jung SI, Shin DH, Park KH, Shin JH. Antimicrobial susceptibility and clonal relatedness between community- and hospital-acquired methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus from blood cultures. J Microbiol 2006; 44: 336-343.
24. Kilic A, Li H, Stratton CW, Tang YW. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types of, as well as Panton-Valentine leukocidin occurrence among, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children and adults in middle Tennessee. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44: 4436-4440.
25. Magilner D, Byerly MM, Cline DM. The prevalence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in skin abscesses presenting to the pediatric emergency department. NCMedJ 2008; 69: 351-354.
26. Pardo L, Machado V, Mollerach M, Mota MI, Tuchscherr LP, Gadea P et al. Characteristics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) Strains Isolated from Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Uruguay. IntJMicrobiol; 2009: 472126.