Previous antibiotic exposure and antibiotic resistance of commensal Staphylococcus aureus in Spanish primary care
Boada, Albert 
(Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Pons-Vigués, Mariona 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Real, Jordi 
(Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Grezner, Elisabet (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
Bolíbar, Bonaventura 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Llor, Carl 
(Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)
| Data: |
2018 |
| Resum: |
Introduction: Commensal flora of healthy people is becoming an important reservoir of resistant bacteria. Objectives: To evaluate the relationship of previous antibiotic-dispensed and resistance pattern of strains of Staphylococcus aureus in primary care patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in seven primary care centres in Catalonia, Spain, from October 2010 to May 2011, as part of the APRES (The appropriateness of prescribing antibiotics in primary care in Europe concerning antibiotic resistance) study. Outpatients aged 4 or more who did not present an infectious disease and had not taken antibiotic or had not been hospitalised in the previous 3 months were invited to participate. Nasal swabs were collected for S. aureus culture, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was carried out. Antibiotics dispensed boxes in the previous 4 years were extracted from Information System for Research in Primary Care. Results: A total of 4,001 nasal swabs were collected, and 3,969 were tested for identification, 765 S. aureus were tested for resistance. Resistance rates to penicillin, azithromycin and methicillin were 87. 1%, 11. 6% and 1. 3%, respectively, and a total of 10 MRSA strains were isolated (1. 3%). Penicillin-resistant staphylococci were statistically significantly associated with the previous number of packages of penicillin dispensed (OR, 1. 18; 95% CI, 1. 04-1. 35). Conclusion: Although no causal inference is possible, an association was observed between previous antibiotic dispensation and isolation of resistant organisms in community-dwelling individuals, mainly between packages of penicillin and penicillin-resistant staphylococci. |
| Ajuts: |
European Commission 223083
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| Drets: |
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| Llengua: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Matèria: |
Antibiotics ;
Staphylococcus aureus ;
Carriage ;
Resistance ;
Primary health care |
| Publicat a: |
The European Journal of General Practice, Vol. 24, Núm. 1 (march 2018) , p. 125-130, ISSN 1751-1402 |
DOI: 10.1080/13814788.2018.1444748
PMID: 29542385
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