PREVALENCE AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBLITY OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, COLLECTED AT THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, THAILAND, AUGUST 2012 - JULY 2015

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2017 Mar;48(2):351-9.

Abstract

We analyzed data of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients attending Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand from August 2012 to July 2015. In total, 232/502 (46%) S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). There was a declining trend of proportion of MRSA infection, but the prevalence of MRSA in the last year of study remained high (38%). All 32 MRSA-infected outpatients had history of exposure to healthcare facilities during the previous two months and thus were not considered as having community-associated MRSA. In addition, all these strains were negative for pvl, suggesting that these strains were hospital-associated MRSA. All MRSA stains were susceptible to linezolid, teicoplanin and vancomycin, but resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin were nearly 100%. Fifty-two percent and 87% of MRSA strains were susceptible to tetracycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, respectively. These results emphasize the necessity of long-term surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MRSA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Prevalence
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Thailand / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents