title: [Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from 1974 to 1983 in West Germany with respect to the results of lysotyping].
abstract: A total of 594 methicillin-resistant (MER) S. aureus strains originating from the Federal Republic of Germany were both tested for their susceptibility to a number of selected antimicrobial agents, and lysotyped with the international set of S. aureus typing phages. Control groups of methicillin-sensitive, but penicillin- (PER) and gentamicin-resistant (GER) strains were tested for comparison. A group of S. aureus strains susceptible to all of the agents tested was included in the statistical evaluation of the lysotyping results. 98% of the MER and 72% of the GER S. aureus strains were cross-resistant towards at least five of the other agents tested. 84 to 97% of the MER strains were resistant to erythromycin, tetracycline, kanamycin and gentamicin. The in vitro susceptibility towards lincomycin and amikacin was in the range of 50 to 60%. The strongest in vitro efficacy--both against the MER and the GER strains--was shown by vancomycin and fusidic acid. 52.9% of the MER and 47% of the GER strains, but only 12.3% of the non-resistant strains and no more than 15% of the PER strains belonged to phage-group III; a higher proportion of these latter groups reacted with phage-group I, which was rare among the MER and the GER strains (3.2% and 7.8% respectively). The most frequent phage-patterns of the MER strains were as follows: 47/75/77, 47/54/75/77/84/85, 77/84/85, 47/54/75/77/85, 6/47/54/75/77/84/85, and 55/83A. Most of the phage-group III lysotopes occurred at numerous places across the country, while mixed lysotypes were apparently more confined to certain areas. A relatively high percentage of the MER strains, but notably also of the sensitive strains was non-typable (22.1% and 24.1% respectively), whereas the PER and the GER strains had a considerably lower rate of non-typability (9.3% and 4.8% respectively). A correlation between non-typability and multiresistance was not evident.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Med. Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eilers
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lehmacher
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000494:pharmacology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D010400:Penicillin G; D008712:Methicillin
vernacular_title: Charakterisierung von 1974 bis 1983 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland isolierten Methicillin-resistenten Staphylococcus aureus-Stämmen unter Berücksichtigung der Ergebnisse der Lysotypie.