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Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital in southern Thailand: a retrospective study
| العنوان: | Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates in a tertiary care hospital in southern Thailand: a retrospective study |
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| المؤلفون: | Phanvasri Saengsuwan, Kamonnut Singkhamanan, Siribhorn Madla, Natnicha Ingviya, Chonticha Romyasamit |
| المصدر: | PeerJ, Vol 9, p e11478 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | PeerJ Inc. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Antibiotic resistance, Enterococci, Multiplex PCR, Van genes, Virulence determinants, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| الوصف: | Objective Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are nosocomial pathogens that are responsible for commonly causing healthcare-associated infections, and they exhibit increased resistance to many antimicrobials, particularly to vancomycin. The epidemiological data available on vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in Thailand are inadequate. Methods Using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR), this study investigated genes that encode antimicrobial resistance and genetic relatedness to further understand VRE prevalence. Ninety VRE isolates were collected between 2011 and 2019 from a tertiary care hospital in southern Thailand. Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined using the disk diffusion method and E-test methods. Multiplex PCR was performed to detect the van gene and virulence genes. Results The study showed a high prevalence of diverse multidrug-resistant VRE strains. The prevalence of VRE infection was the highest in 2014 (28 isolates, 39.4%). VRE were mostly found in the urogenital tract (26 isolates, 28.9%), followed by the digestive tract (20%), body fluid, i.e., pancreatic cyst fluid, peritoneal dialysis fluid, Jackson–Pratt (JP) drain (20%), and blood specimens (10%). Patients in medical and surgical wards had 71.1% multi-drug-resistant and 28.9% extensively drug-resistant (XDR) VRE strains, respectively. The most prevalent antibiotic resistance was to ampicillin (74.4%). Susceptibility to gentamicin and meropenem were similar (7% and 10%, respectively). Four isolates (4.4%) were resistant to colistin. Only vanA was detected among the strains. The virulence gene test showed that the detection rates of enterococcal surface protein (esp) and hyaluronidase (hyl) genes were 91.1% and 5.6%, respectively. According to ERIC-PCR analysis, 51 of 90 strains had clonality, with a similarity rate of 95%. Conclusions We conclude that there is a need to implement infection control practices and active surveillance. Molecular techniques can effectively detect ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2167-8359 |
| العلاقة: | https://peerj.com/articles/11478.pdfTest; https://peerj.com/articles/11478Test/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359Test; https://doaj.org/article/90ec0d13182647a8a1b1a573124d8e62Test |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.11478 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11478Test https://doaj.org/article/90ec0d13182647a8a1b1a573124d8e62Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.98292B4F |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 21678359 |
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| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.11478 |