Clonal relatedness of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the haemodialysis unit of a single university centre in Greece

• Published in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 2599 - 2603
• Main Authors: Liakopoulos, Vassilis, Petinaki, Efthymia, Efthimiadi, Georgia, Klapsa, Dimitra, Giannopoulou, Myrto, Dovas, Spyridon, Eleftheriadis, Theodoros, Mertens, Peter R., Stefanidis, Ioannis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.08.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; central venous catheters; Coagulase - metabolism; coagulase-negative staphylococci; Cross Infection - complications; Cross Infection - microbiology; Cross Infection - prevention & control; dialysis care providers; DNA Primers - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Female; Genes, Bacterial; Greece; haemodialysis; Hemodialysis Units, Hospital; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin Resistance; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control; Staphylococcus - classification; Staphylococcus - drug effects; Staphylococcus - genetics; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus epidermidis - drug effects; Staphylococcus epidermidis - genetics; Staphylococcus epidermidis - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus haemolyticus - drug effects; Staphylococcus haemolyticus - genetics; Staphylococcus haemolyticus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus hominis - drug effects; Staphylococcus hominis - genetics; Staphylococcus hominis - isolation & purification; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Greece; Europe; Greece; central venous catheters; haemodialysis; dialysis care providers; coagulase-negative staphylococci; Kidney disease; Urinary system disease; Intravenous administration; Hemodialysis; β-Lactams; Meticillin; Penicillin derivatives; Extrarenal dialysis; Antibiotic; Renal failure; Dialysis; Antibacterial agent

Background. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are frequently encountered pathogens in hospital environment. Dialysis patients, often carrying central venous catheters, are prone to CoNS infections. Methicillin-resistant (MR) staphylococci in hospitals are resistant to multiple antibiotics and...