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Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Ocular Infections in El-Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Veterinary Parasitology & Microbiology

Abstract

Ocular infections caused by bacteria and their complications represent an important public health problem worldwide. The study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern and the emergence of cefoxitin- and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus causing ocular infections at El-Gharbia governorate hospitals. We collected 300 S. aureus causing ocular isolates from patients suffering from eye infections from four hospitals at El-Gharbia governorate, and the isolates were molecularly characterized using 23s rRNA PCR. Antibiotic sensitivity tests were performed using the disk diffusion test. A total of 90 (31%) S. aureus ocular isolates were identified, and distributed within the four hospitals as 25%, 33%, 48%, and 16% from Quotour hospital, El–Menshawy, El-Ramad and Quotour clinic, respectively. Moreover, S. aureus was isolated with 30.8 % and 31 % male and female patients. S. aureus ocular isolates were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, cefuroxime, amikacin, azithromycin, norfloxacin, sulbactam/ampicillin and cefotaxime. In contrast, 89%, 90%, 100% and 85% of these isolates showed resistance to ampicillin, cefoxitin, doxycycline hydrochloride, and vancomycin. Whereas, the rest of S. aureus strains were cefoxitin- and vancomycin-intermediate resistant. This study alerts the emergence of cefoxitin- and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus causing ocular infections among hospitals in the El-Gharbia governorate. Additionally, ciprofloxacin is the most effective antibiotic against S. aureus causing ocular infections reported in this study.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2023.230168.1564

Keywords

Ophthalmic infections, Staphylococcus aureus, Vancomycin resistance, Methicillin resistance

Authors

First Name

Amgad

Last Name

Moawad

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt.

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moawadamgad@gmail.com

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0000-0009-8398-1451

First Name

Lamiaa

Last Name

Eissa

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

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l01068248081@gmail.com

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First Name

Abdelgayed

Last Name

Younes

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Hydrobiology Department, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Centre, El Buhouth St., Dokki, 12311 Cairo (Egypt)

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tahoon176@yahoo.com

City

Kafr El-Sheikh

Orcid

0000-0003-2033-9653

First Name

Soliman

Last Name

Haroun

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt

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solimanharoun@yahoo.com

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Volume

54

Article Issue

7

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43917

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-08-20

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2023-12-01

Page Start

77

Page End

85

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1110-0222

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2357-089X

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/article_323684.html

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140

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Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Ocular Infections in El-Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

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23 Dec 2024