Colonización gastrointestinal por Staphylococcus aureus en pacientes hospitalizados en las unidades de cuidados intensivos del Servicio Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo (SAHUM)

• Main Authors: Castellano González Maribel, Perozo-Mena Armindo José, Gutiérrez Ovallos Carolian, Pirela Hinojoza Tsunamy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2013
• Subjects: S. aureus; S. aureus meticilino resistente (SAMR); hisopados rectales; unidad de cuidados intensivos; factores de riesgo; methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA); rectal swabs; intensive care unit; risk factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/10dfd74a5e084cfdad3baa2aa80370ba

Abstract: With the purpose of detecting gastrointestinal colonization by S. aureus and evaluating the associated risk factors (age, gender, origin of the patient, prior hospitalization, use of antibiotic therapy, corticosteroids or previous immunotherapy, motive and origin of hospitalization), 50 rectal swabs from patients in the intensive care unit of the Autonomous Service at the Maracaibo University Hospital were processed over a three-month period. Bacterial isolation and identification were performed following conventional methodology. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were carried out according to the Kirby-Bauer method. Of the total processed samples (n=50), 12 (24%) were positive for S. aureus and 7 (14%) for MRSA; 75% of the strains showed multi-resistance to antibiotics. No association between risk factors and the patients who introduced S. aureus into the hospital ICU was identified; however, association was found between the type of ICU and prior hospitalization for MRSA. One of the patients showed gastrointestinal co-colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci. In conclusion, the results suggest that gastrointestinal colonization by S. aureus and/or MRSA in ICU patients represents a reservoir of multi-resistant strains that can lead to future infections of an exogenous or endogenous origin. Resumen: Con el propósito de detectar la colonización gastrointestinal por S. aureus y evaluar los factores de riesgo asociados (edad, género, origen del paciente, hospitalización previa, uso de antibioterapia, corticoides o inmunoterapia previa, motivo y origen de hospitalización) se procesaron 50 hisopados rectales, de pacientes de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del Servicio Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, durante un período de tres meses. El aislamiento e identificación bacteriana se efectuó siguiendo la metodología convencional. Las pruebas de susceptibilidad antimicrobiana se efectuaron de acuerdo al método de Kirby-Bauer. Del total de muestras procesadas (n=50), 12 (24%) resultaron ...