Dalia Saad ElFeky1,2, Alaa Reda Awad1, Mustafa Ali Elshobaky3, Basma Ahmed Elawady1. 1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 2. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint AbdulRahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection remains a challenging threat because of limited treatment options. Ceftaroline was identified as having potent anti-MRSA activity. Aim: To evaluate the susceptibility of MRSA to gentamicin, macrolides, ciprofloxacin, vancomycin, and ceftaroline and to perform molecular characterization of different resistance genes as aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes, ermA and ermC, and vanA and vanB genes. Patients and Methods: One hundred non-duplicate MRSA strains were isolated from different samples of hospitalized patients in Cairo University teaching hospitals from November 2015 to August 2016. Determination of antibiotic susceptibility was done using disk diffusion test and minimum inhibitory concentration followed by detection of resistance genes by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: Of 100 MRSA isolates, 63 (63%) were resistant to gentamicin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and ciprofloxacin, however, all were sensitive to ceftaroline. Fifteen isolates (15%) were vancomycin intermediate resistant and were sensitive to ceftaroline as well. Conclusion: Ceftaroline was potent against MRSA, which was found to be non-susceptible to vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and gentamicin and it may represent a successful treatment for MRSA infections.
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection remains a challenging threat because of limited treatment options. Ceftaroline was identified as having potent anti-MRSA activity. Aim: To evaluate the susceptibility of MRSA to gentamicin, macrolides, ciprofloxacin, vancomycin, and ceftaroline and to perform molecular characterization of different resistance genes as aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes, ermA and ermC, and vanA and vanB genes. Patients and Methods: One hundred non-duplicate MRSA strains were isolated from different samples of hospitalized patients in Cairo University teaching hospitals from November 2015 to August 2016. Determination of antibiotic susceptibility was done using disk diffusion test and minimum inhibitory concentration followed by detection of resistance genes by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: Of 100 MRSA isolates, 63 (63%) were resistant to gentamicin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and ciprofloxacin, however, all were sensitive to ceftaroline. Fifteen isolates (15%) were vancomycin intermediate resistant and were sensitive to ceftaroline as well. Conclusion:Ceftaroline was potent against MRSA, which was found to be non-susceptible to vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, clindamycin, and gentamicin and it may represent a successful treatment for MRSA infections.
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