In a series of 82 Staphylococcus strains isolated from culture, 100% were identified as Staphylococcus aureus by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS); 99.9% (77/82) of them were resistant to benzylpenicillin, oxacillin, and cefoxitin, and 6.1% (5/82) were susceptible to methicillin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Xpert MRSA/SA BC assay was examined prospectively in patients with staphylococcal bacteremia including 6 patients with blood culture bottles inoculated with biological fluid (synovial fluid in 4 cases and peritoneal fluid in 2 cases). Among the 56 Staphylococci species isolated, 80.3% were coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the first case of human spondylodiscitis due to Shewanella algae. Our patient did not have any predisposing factors. The portal of entry was probably a cutaneous lesion on the leg, exposed to seawater.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSixty-one non-repetitive Enterobacter cloacae ESBL producers were collected at the Amiens University Hospital in France. Eight beta-lactam resistance phenotypes (a-h) and three aminoglycoside resistance phenotypes (i-k) were identified among these isolates, and 32 different pulsotypes were observed. Of these 61 isolates, 37 were sequenced and found to harbor beta-lactamases with a pI of 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe here the first case of Nocardia nova spondylodiscitis accompanied by a psoas abscess due to spreading from pulmonary nocardiosis. Nocardia was cultured from all affected sites. After 1 year of an appropriate antimicrobial therapy and a surgical drainage of the abscess that was required, the patient's clinical condition had improved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates obtained during the study period were examined. The molecular epidemiology and the mechanisms of resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline were investigated. Resistance to ampicillin increased from 59% between 1996 and 1999 to 62.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To assess the extent to which bone marrow scintigraphy (BMS) makes the interpretation of leucocyte scintigraphy (LS) easier and improves its diagnostic value.
Methods: Seventy-three 111In LSs, 99mTc hydroxymethylene diphosphonate bone scintigraphies (BSs) and 99mTc sulfur colloid BMSs were performed in 60 patients with suspected infection related to a hip prosthesis or knee prosthesis, either in situ (+group, n = 43) or after removal for septic loosening (-group, n = 30). Bacteriological samples were obtained from all patients.