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Emergence of Staphylococcus hominis Strains in General Infections Cover

Emergence of Staphylococcus hominis Strains in General Infections

Open Access
|Feb 2013

Abstract

A retrospective analysis of microbiology data from general infections was performed. From 105 isolates strains of Staphylococcus spp. 36 (34,28%) were Staphylococcus epidermidis, 33 (31,42%) Staphylococcus aureus, 21 (20%) Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and 15 (14,28%) were Staphylococcus hominis. Results: S. hominis isolates were predominantly resistant to betalactamins (93,33 %) and even Imidazole (60 %). 53,33 % of strains were resistent to aminosides and 33,33 % to Ciprofloxacin. All strains (100%) were sensitive to Vancomycin, but also all were susceptibile to Quinupristin-Dalfopristin. A high percentage of S. hominis were sensitive to Moxifloxacin, Linezolid (93,33 %), and to teicoplanin (86,67%). Discussion: S. hominis is a member of skin normal flora, but all strains of S. hominis were isolated from generalized infection with a high rate of mortality.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10307-012-0016-8 | Journal eISSN: 1841-4036 | Journal ISSN: 1223-9666
Language: English
Page range: 80 - 82
Published on: Feb 26, 2013
Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2013 Lavinia Voineagu, Victoria Braga, Mihaela Botnarciuc, Adina Barbu, Mirela Tataru, published by Ovidius University of Constanta
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