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ArticleAnnals of laboratory medicine2015

Accessory Gene Regulator Polymorphism and Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Min-Jeong Park, Han-Sung Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Wonkeun Song, Mi Young Kim, Young Kyung Lee, Hee Jung Kang

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Article in Annals of laboratory medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Min-Jeong ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Han-Sung KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Hyun Soo KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Jae-Seok KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Wonkeun SongDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Mi Young KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Young Kyung LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
Hee Jung KangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia with a vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 2 µg/mL presents a high rate of therapeutic failure in response to vancomycin. In addition, polymorphism in accessory gene regulator (agr) is associated with vancomycin therapeutic effects. The association between agr polymorphism and vancomycin MICs was investigated in MRSA isolates.

methodsAgr group-specific PCR was conducted on 118 MRSA bloodstream isolates. Vancomycin susceptibility tests were conducted, while E-test GRD (bioMérieux SA, France) was used to detect heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus (hVISA).

resultsOf the 118 MRSA isolates, 59 (50.0%), 43 (36.4%), and 10 (8.5%) isolates belonged to agr group I, II, and III, respectively. Six isolates could not be classified. Twenty-six, 73, and 19 isolates presented a vancomycin MIC of 2, 1, and 0.5 µg/mL, respectively. Nine (34.6%), 14 (53.8%), and 2 (7.7%) isolates with MICs of 2 µg/mL belonged to agr group I, II, and III, respectively. Thirty-seven (50.6%), 26 (35.6%), and 6 (8.2%) isolates with MICs of 1 µg/mL belonged to agr group I, II, and III, respectively. Thirteen (68.4%), 3 (15.8%), and 2 (10.5%) isolates with MICs of 0.5 µg/mL belonged to agr group I, II, and III, respectively. The agr group II presented more isolates with MIC of 2 µg/mL (32.6%) than the agr non-group II (16%). Four isolates tested positive for hVISA. Three of them belonged to agr group II.

conclusionsMRSA isolates with vancomycin MIC of 2 µg/mL were more common in agr group II than in agr non-group II.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionMutationTrans-ActivatorsVancomycinAgr protein, Staphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialTrans-ActivatorsVancomycinAgr polymorphismStaphylococcus aureusVancomycin

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PMCPMC4446577
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