title: [MRSA infections in surgery].
abstract: Susceptibilities to antibiotics were determined in 36 strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from clinical specimens from 1990 to 1992. Rates of resistance to arbekacin and minocycline were 31% and 53%, respectively. However, all MRSA isolates were susceptible to vancomycin. MRSA was found in 12 out of 35 cases. Three infections caused by MRSA included enterocolitis (3), abscess (5), pneumonia (1), cholangitis (1), peritonitis (1) and catheter related sepsis (1). In two cases patients died with bacteremia within two years after the onset of MRSA infections.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okubo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003982:Dibekacin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D008911:Minocycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003982:Dibekacin; D014640:Vancomycin; D008911:Minocycline; C031986:arbekacin