Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones with high-level mupirocin resistance
- González-Domínguez, M. 5
- Seral, C. 45
- Potel, C. 36
- Sáenz, Y. 3
- Álvarez, M. 36
- Torres, C. 12
- Castillo, F.J. 45
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Centro de Investigación Biomédica de La Rioja
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Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
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Universidad de Zaragoza
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Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa
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- 6 Unidad de Apoyo a la Investigación, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Vigo (IBIV), Spain
ISSN: 0732-8893
Ano de publicación: 2016
Volume: 85
Número: 2
Páxinas: 213-217
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Resumo
A high proportion of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered in one year period showed high-level mupirocin-resistance (HLMUPR-MRSA) in our environment (27.2%). HLMUPR-MRSA isolates were mainly collected from skin and soft tissue samples, and diabetes was the main related comorbidity condition. These isolates were more frequently found in vascular surgery. HLMUPR-MRSA was more resistant to aminoglycosides than mupirocin-susceptible MRSA, linked to the presence of bifunctional and/or nucleotidyltransferase enzymes with/without macrolide resistance associated with the msr(A) gene. Most of HLMUPR-MRSA isolates belonged to ST125/t067. Nine IS257-ileS2 amplification patterns (p3 was the most frequent) were observed in HLMUPR-MRSA isolates, suggesting the presence of several mupirocin-resistance-carrying plasmids in our environment and promoting the emergence of mupirocin resistance. The presence of the same IS257-ileS2 amplification pattern p3 in 65% of HLMUPR-MRSA, all of them ST125/t067, suggests a clonal spread in our hospital and community environment which could explain the high prevalence of HLMUPR-MRSA during the study period. An outbreak situation or an increase in mupirocin consumption was not observed. © 2016 Elsevier Inc.