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Cross-resistance between Antibiotics and Disinfectants in Staphylococcus aureus

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Background: Disinfectants play an important role in the control of nosocomial infections. Appearance of MRSA resistant to disinfectants used in hospitals is alarming. Objectives: We aimed to detect cross resistance between antibiotics and disinfectants among MRSA and MSSA, and to compare the efficacy of three disinfectants; (Clorox®, ULTRASOL AF ®0.25%, Virusolve +® 0.5%) against MRSA and MSSA. Methodology: Twenty-five MSSA and 25 MRSA isolates were collected from Cairo University Hospital laboratories Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern was compared, and susceptibility to the three mentioned disinfectants was carried out. Results: With Clorox, 44% of MRSA isolates versus 68% of MSSA isolates showed no growth. With Ultrasol AF and Virosulve+ 36% of MRSA isolates showed no growth with both agents in comparison to 56% and 44% of MSSA isolates respectively. Conclusions: No relationship between antibiotic resistance and non-susceptibility to disinfectants was found. Both hypochlorite and QACs couldn't completely eradicate MRSA and MSSA isolates tested.

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10.21608/ejmm.2018.285600

Keywords

Staph aureus, Antibiotic resistance, disinfectants

Authors

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Sabrin

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M.Sc

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M. El-Kashef

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Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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Yasmine

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Elkholy

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Samy

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Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

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yasminelkholy@kasralainy.edu.eg

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0000-0002-0654-3415

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27

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3

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39664

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2018-07-01

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2023-02-14

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2018-07-01

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119

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125

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1110-2179

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2537-0979

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New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

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Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Cross-resistance between Antibiotics and Disinfectants in Staphylococcus aureus

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28 Dec 2024