Drug resistance and genetic characteristics of clinical isolates of staphylococci in Myanmar: high prevalence of PVL among methicillinsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus belonging to various sequence types
| Main Authors: | M.S.Aung, H. Zi, K.M.Nwe, W.W.Maw, M.T.Aung, N. Nyein, M. Kawaguchiya, N. Urushibara, A. Sumi, N. Kobayashi |
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| Format: | Article |
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, 2016
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https://zenodo.org/record/3531198 |
Daftar Isi:
- Prevalence, drug resistance and genetic characteristics were analysed for a total of 128 clinical isolates of staphylococci obtained from a tertiary hospital in Myanmar. The dominant species were S. aureus (39%) and S. haemolyticus (35%), followed by S. epidermidis (6%) and S. saprophyticus (5%). The majority of S. haemolyticus isolates (71.1%) harboured mecA, showing high resistance rates to ampicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin and levofloxacin, while methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) was only 8% (four isolates) among S. aureus\ with type IV SCCmec.