In-vitro Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Corynebacterium striatum Strains Isolated From Clinical Samples

Year 2019, Volume: 33 Issue: 3, 102 - 107, 30.12.2019

Nergis Aşgın

https://doi.org/10.5222/ankem.2019.102

Abstract

Corynebacterium striatum is a normal inhabitant of human skin and mucous membranes. However, it has recently been reported as the cause of invasive infections and outbreaks. In addition, multidrug resistance of the bacterium is a significant concern. In this study, we aimed to determine the antimicrobial resistance of C.striatum strains to contribute to empirical antibiotic usage protocols. A total of 235 C.striatum strains isolated from inpatients between January 2017-December 2018 were investigated retrospectively. The strains were identified using the Phoenix 100 (Becton Dickinson, MD, USA) fully automated system and antibiotic susceptibilities of isolates was determined by using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of strains were interpreted according to The European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing standards. Of the 235 patients in whom strains were isolated, 114 were female and 121 were male. The mean age was 72 years and 70 % (n=165) of the patients were in the geriatric age group (65 years, and older). C.striatum strains were isolated from intensive care units at a rate of 71 %. The strains were mostly isolated from the surgical intensive care unit (27 %) internal intensive care unit (26 %) and palliative care unit (14 %). C.striatum strains obtained from the respiratory tract samples (41 %), blood (32 %), and wound samples (27 %). All strains were susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid. However, the resistance rate to gentamicin was 37 % and for erythromycin, it was 55 %. The resistance rates to clindamycin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and cefotaxime were extremely high at 87 %, 93 %, 94 %, and 96 %, respectively. According to our study results, treatment options for C.striatum infections are limited. Therefore vancomycin or linezolid can be preferred in empirical antibiotic treatment.

Keywords

Colonisation, contamination, Corynebacterium striatum, multidrug resistance

Klinik Örneklerden İzole Edilen Corynebacterium striatum Suşlarının İn-Vitro Antibiyotik Direnç Profili

Abstract

Corynebacterium striatum insan deri ve mukozasının normal flora elemanı olan bir bakteridir. Ancak son yıllarda invaziv infeksiyon ve salgın etkeni olarak bildirilmektedir. Yanı sıra, bakterinin çoklu ilaç dirençli olması da önemli bir sorundur. Bu çalışmada, C.striatum suşlarının antimikrobiyal direnç profilini belirleyerek hastanemizdeki ampirik tedavi protokollerine katkıda bulunulması amaçlanmıştır. Ocak 2017-Aralık 2018 tarihleri arasında yatan hastalardan izole edilen toplam 235 C.striatum suşunun antibiyotik duyarlılık sonuçları retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir. İzolatların identifikasyonu BD Phoenix-100 (Becton Dickinson, MD, ABD) tam otomatize sistemle, antibiyotik duyarlılıkları ise Kirby-Bauer disk difüzyon yöntemi ile belirlenmiştir. İzolatların antibiyotik duyarlılıkları European Committe on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing standartlarına göre değerlendirilmiştir. Suşların izole edildiği toplam 235 hastanın 114’ü kadın, 121’i erkektir. Yaş ortalaması 72 olup hastaların 165’i (% 70) geriatrik yaş grubundadır (65 yaş ve üzeri). C.striatum suşlarının % 71’i yoğun bakım ünitelerinden elde edilmiştir. Bölümlere göre ise suşlar en sık cerrahi yoğun bakım (% 27), dahili yoğun bakım (% 26) ve palyatif bakım ünitesinden (% 14) izole edilmiştir. Suşların % 41’i solunum yolu örnekleri, % 32’si kan ve % 27’si yara örneklerinden elde edilmiştir. İzolatların tümü vankomisin ve linezolide duyarlı bulunmuştur. Ancak gentamisine % 37, eritromisine % 55 oranında direnç saptanmıştır. Klindamisin, tetrasiklin siprofloksasin ve sefotaksim direnç oranları oldukça yüksek olup, sırasıyla % 87, % 93, % 94 ve % 96 idi. Çalışma sonuçlarımıza göre C.striatum enfeksiyonlarında tedavi seçenekleri kısıtlıdır. Bu nedenle ampirik antibiyotik tedavisinde vankomisin veya linezolid tercih edilebilir.

Keywords

Corynebacterium striatum, çoklu ilaç direnci, kolonizasyon, kontaminasyon

Ethical Statement

Karabük Üniversitesi Girişimsel Olmayan Klinik Araştırmalar Etik Kurulu’ndan 77192459-050.99-E.589 sayılı etik kurul onayı alınmıştır.

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