Glycopeptide resistance among coagulase-negative staphylococci that cause bacteremia: epidemiological and clinical findings from a case-control study

Evelina Tacconelli, Mario Tumbarello, K De Gaetano Donati, Manola Bettio, Teresa Spanu, Fiammetta Leone, Leonardo A. Sechi, Stefania Zanetti, Giovanni Fadda, R. Cauda

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Abstract

A 1-year prospective case-control study (ratio of control patients to case patients, 3:1) was performed to assess the incidence, risk factors, and genotypic patterns of bacteremia caused by glycopeptide-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and their correlation with hospital glycopeptide use. Among 535 subjects with CoNS bacteremia, 20 subjects had a glycopeptide-resistant strain (19 strains were resistant to teicoplanin and 1 was resistant to both teicoplanin and vancomycin). The percentage of resistant isolates recovered in 1 year was 8% in intensive care units and 3% and 2% in medical and surgical wards, respectively. Genotypic analysis of resistant strains showed different patterns with a high degree of polymorphism. Use of glycopeptides in individual wards was not statistically associated with the percentage of resistance. Previous exposure to beta-lactams and glycopeptides, multiple hospitalization in the previous year, and concomitant pneumonia were significantly associated with the onset of glycopeptide-resistant CoNS bacteremia. Mortality rates were 25% among case patients and 18% among control patients, and they were significantly higher among patients who presented with concomitant pneumonia and a high Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III score.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)1628-1635
Numero di pagine8
RivistaClinical Infectious Diseases
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2001

Keywords

  • coagulase-negative staphylococci
  • glycopeptide resistance
  • staphylococcal bacteremia

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