عنوان المقالة:First Record of Isolation and Characterization of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis from Clinical Samples in Iraq
أ.د. علاء هاني الجراخ | Prof. Alaa H. Al-Charrakh | 20008
- نوع النشر
- مجلة علمية
- المؤلفون بالعربي
- Alaa H. Al-Charrakh, Mohammed H. Obayes
- الملخص العربي
- This study was conducted to determine the frequency of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in different clinical samples. Out of 690 clinical samples, a total of 178 coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolates were recovered. CoNS were identified as 10 different species; 22 isolates belonged to Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Two specific genes for S. lugdunensis were used ( tanA gene and fbl gene) to confirm identification. Both of these specific genes were detected in 15 (68.1%) of 22 isolates that were identified phenotypically. The results of oxacillin MIC showed that 7 of the 15 (46.6%) S. lugdunensis isolates were oxacillin resistant. The antibiotic susceptibility testing against 16 antibiotics showed that resistance rates were variable towards these antibiotics. Eight of fifteen S. lugdunensis isolates (53.3%) were β-lactamase producer. Results of molecular detection of mecA gene found that mecA gene was detected in 6 (40%) of 15 S. lugdunensis. All of these 6 isolates (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6) were resistant to oxacillin. One isolate (S7) was resistant to oxacillin but mecA was not detected in this isolate. This study is a first record of isolation and characterization of methicillin resistant S. lugdunensis (MRSL) from clinical samples in Iraq.
- تاريخ النشر
- 13/07/2014
- الناشر
- BioMed Research International
- رابط DOI
- http://dx.
- رابط الملف
- تحميل (613 مرات التحميل)
- رابط خارجي
- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/736259/
- الكلمات المفتاحية
- Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Methicillin Resistant, MRSL, Clinical Samples