Prevalence, persistence, and microbiology of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among hemodialysis outpatients at a major New York Hospital

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• 作者：Elizabeth L. Alexander^a ; ² ; Daniel J. Morgan^b ; ² ; Sandra Kesh^a ; Scott A. Weisenberg^a ; ¹ ; Janice M. Zaleskas^c ; Anna Kaltsas^d ; James M. Chevalier^e ; Jeffrey Silberzweig^e ; Yolanda Barró ; n^f ; Jose R. Mediavilla^g ; Barry N. Kreiswirth^g ; Kyu Y. Rhee^a ; ^{kyr9001@med.cornell.edu"" rel=""nofollow}
• 关键词：Staphylococcus aureus ; Hemodialysis ; Colonization ; Vancomycin
• 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：May 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：70
• 期：1
• 页码：37-44
• 全文大小：209 K

文摘

The study aimed to determine the natural history of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in hemodialysis outpatients. Surveillance cultures were taken from patients presenting for hemodialysis or routine care to identify S. aureus nasal carriers. A prospective cohort study was performed to identify risks for persistent colonization. Detailed microbiologic and molecular studies of colonizing isolates were performed. Only 23/145 (15.9 % ) dialysis patients were persistently colonized, and only HIV-positive status was associated with persistence (P = 0.05). Prior hospitalization was the only risk factor for methicillin-resistant S. aureus carriage (OR 2.5, P = 0.03). In isolates from patients with ≤42 days of vancomycin exposure, vancomycin minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) increased with duration of exposure. Among dialysis patients, S. aureus colonization was limited and transient; only HIV status was associated with persistence. Nevertheless, duration of vancomycin exposure was associated with increasing vancomycin MBCs. Vancomycin exposure in S. aureus carriers may be involved in increasing resistance.