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Biosensor for Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteria
Published on: May 8, 2013
Report of β-lactam antibiotic-induced vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a university hospital in Egypt
A E Taha1,2, M F Badr2, F E El-Morsy2
1Microbiology and Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
We report a case of hospital-acquired pneumonia that to our knowledge is the first description in Egypt of the emergence of vancomycin (VA)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus due to the concomitant use of β-lactams. The combination of β-lactam antibiotics and VA in the treatment of methicillin-resistant S. aureus must be avoided to refrain from inducing VA resistance; further, if there is coinfection with Gram-negative bacilli, β-lactams must be avoided. If β-lactam antibiotic-induced VA-resistant methicillin-resistant S. aureus is isolated, then β-lactams must be avoided until the organism's sensitivity to VA is restored if VA is the only therapeutic option available.
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