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dc.contributor.author | Wijesooriya, W.R.P.L.I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kotsanas, D.N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Korman, T.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Graham, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-06T07:16:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-06T07:16:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017; 7(1): 10 –17 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2448-9654(Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/127 | |
dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are relatively low in virulence but some are increasingly recognized as agents of clinically important infections. Glycopeptides are the drugs of choice for treatment of methicillin-resistant CoNS infections. Our aim was to analyse the susceptibility profile of CoNS in our healthcare network from 2010-2012. METHODS: All CoNS with susceptibility results were analysed as two groups; teicoplanin-susceptible (Teico-S) and non–susceptible (Teico-NS). Analysis included results of other antistaphylococcal antibiotic susceptibilities, sample type (sterile, non-sterile), species and patient location (intensive care unit (ICU) vs non-ICU). RESULTS: Of the 1510 CoNS isolates with susceptibility results, 109 (7.2%) were non-susceptible to teicoplanin. Teicoplanin non-susceptibility was associated with non-susceptibility to ≥ 3 antistaphylococcal-antibiotics, detected more frequently from sterile samples compared to non-sterile samples and from ICU compared to ward patients. Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most common species recovered and was more likely to be Teico-NS. CONCLUSIONS: Teicoplanin non-susceptibility is associated with multi-resistance to ≥3 antistaphylococcal antibiotics. Clinicians should be aware that vancomycin resistance may be selected from Teico-NS strains. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject | Coagulase-negative staphylococci | en_US |
dc.title | Teicoplanin non-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci in a large Australian healthcare network: Implications for treatment with vancomycin | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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