Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus in inherited epidermolysis bullosa: a cross-sectional multicenter study in Brazil.

Autor: Santin JT; Postgraduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Mariath LM; Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Rossato AM; Basic Health Department, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Schuler-Faccini L; Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., Kiszewski AE; Service of Dermatology, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre/Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Section of Pediatric Dermatology, Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of dermatology [Int J Dermatol] 2021 Sep; Vol. 60 (9), pp. 1126-1130. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 28.
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.15634
Abstrakt: Background: Infection is an important complication of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), and Staphylococcus aureus has been pointed out as the most common pathogen among this population. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profile of S. aureus colonizing EB patients in Brazil.
Methods: This cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted between December 2015 and December 2017. We included a total of 89 individuals with EB from medical centers across Brazil. Data were obtained through clinical and bacteriological investigation. S. aureus were identified by biochemical tests. The nuc and mecA genes were confirmed by PCR assay. Antimicrobial susceptibility was investigated by disk diffusion method.
Results: The overall prevalence of S. aureus was 51.7% (46/89). Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was detected in 24.7% (19/77) of all S. aureus isolates, colonizing 15.7% (14/89) of all patients. Community-associated (CA)-MRSA strains were resistant against sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim and levofloxacin (P < 0.05%). S. aureus colonization of the nares and belly button represented a 3.4 times higher risk of simultaneous skin lesion colonization (P < 0.05%).
Conclusions: The high frequency of MRSA colonizing patients with EB is alarming considering its association with life-threatening complications and poorer outcomes. EB patients are at increased risk of colonization and infection by Staphylococcus aureus and CA-MRSA. Getting to know S. aureus carriage sites and its antimicrobial susceptibility profile is key when planning new individualized and more effective prophylactic and therapeutic measures.
(© 2021 the International Society of Dermatology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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