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Gentamicin-Susceptible or Gentamicin-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus A Case-Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Jérôme Robert ,
Roland Bismuth ,
Nadine Lemaitre  and
Vincent Jarlier
Jérôme Robert*
Affiliation:
Bactériologie-Hygiène, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie–Paris 6, Site Pitié-Salpétriêre, Paris, France
Roland Bismuth
Affiliation:
Bactériologie-Hygiène, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie–Paris 6, Site Pitié-Salpétriêre, Paris, France
Nadine Lemaitre
Affiliation:
Bactériologie-Hygiène, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie–Paris 6, Site Pitié-Salpétriêre, Paris, France
Vincent Jarlier
Affiliation:
Bactériologie-Hygiène, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie–Paris 6, Site Pitié-Salpétriêre, Paris, France
*
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpétriêre, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 91 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75634 Paris Cedex 13, France, (jrobert@chups.jussieu.fr)
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Abstract

Gentamicin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GS-MRSA) strains are replacing gentamicin-resistant MRSA (GR-MRSA) strains. We showed that exposure to other patients harboring GS-MRSA was the major risk factor for GS-MRSA acquisition, and that antimicrobial exposure, especially to β-lactams, was strongly associated with acquisition of GR-MRSA but not GS-MRSA. Gentamicin use was significantly associated with GR-MRSA acquisition in univariate analysis only.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 8 , August 2006 , pp. 879 - 883
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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