Journals / Türk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi / 2015 / Cilt: 72 - Sayı: 4

Evaluation of the Corynebacterium striatum isolated with increasing frequency in one of the training and research hospital

Bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde artan sıklıkta izole edilen Corynebacterium striatum izolatlarının değerlendirilmesi

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281–288
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2022-11-05
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Corynebacterium strains that may act asinfectious agents according to microbiological criteriaparticularly in risky patient groups must be identifiedat strain level, their antimicrobial susceptibility testsmust be performed, and the patients must be treatedaccordingly.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Corynebacterium striatum strains are members of the normal flora of skin and mucous membranes, and commonly found in the environment.
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Key Findings & Data:Lately, increase in the number of immunosuppressive patients and invasive procedures, and more frequent use of wide-spectrum antibiotics caused an increase in the number of reported infections and epidemics related to C. striatum strains.
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Conclusion & Impact:Corynebacterium strains that may act asinfectious agents according to microbiological criteriaparticularly in risky patient groups must be identifiedat strain level, their antimicrobial susceptibility testsmust be performed, and the patients must be treatedaccordingly.
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Objective: Corynebacterium striatum strains are members of the normal flora of skin and mucous membranes, and commonly found in the environment. They have been regarded as contaminant for a long time when they reproduce in microbiological cultures. Lately, increase in the number of immunosuppressive patients and invasive procedures, and more frequent use of wide-spectrum antibiotics caused an increase in the number of reported infections and epidemics related to C. striatum strains. In this study, C. striatum isolates which are regarded as the infectious agents according to the microbiological criteria and their susceptibility to antibiotics were evaluated in our hospital for the last five years period and it was tried to attract the attention to this opportunistic pathogen having rapidly increasing isolation frequency.Methods: Various clinical samples sent to our hospital's Medical Microbiology Laboratory were Gram stained, and cultured in appropriate agars. The strains with leucocytes and/or bacteria on Gram stain, dominant or absolute growth in culture, and growth in the repeated cultures were regarded as infectious agents while bacterial growths not fulfilling those criteria were reported as contamination or colonization. Identification of the agents at stain level was performed with Vitek 2 (bioMerieux, France) system between 2010 and 2013, and with Bruker Microflex MS (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany) system in 2014.Results: The numbers of C. striatum strains that were regarded and reported as infectious agents according to microbiological criteria between 2010 and2014 were 52, 73, 191, 199, and 231, respectively (total746). Among those, 369 (49.5%) strains were isolatedfrom wounds, 149 (20.0%) from tracheal aspirates, 140(18.8%) from blood, 38 (5.1%) from sterile body fluids,31 (4.2%) from urine, and 19 (2.5%) from abscesses. Theagents were most frequently isolated from ICU patients(37.9%). According to the antibiotic susceptibility testresults it was observed that all agents were multiresistant.In the evaluation performed according toCLSI guidelines between the years 2010 and 2013 theciprofloxacin, penicillin, rifampicin, clindamycin,tetracycline, and gentamycin resistance were foundas 83.0%, 80.0%, 79.1%, 73.2%, 69.9%, 41.2%, 17.6%respectively and also it was observed that all the strainswere susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid. In theevaluation performed according to EUCAST guideline in2014 it was observed that all strains were susceptibleonly to vancomycin and linezolid, and resistant to allother antimicrobials.Conclusion: C. striatum isolates are becomingmore and more frequently seen pathogens in the clinicalmicrobiology laboratory. Missing their diagnosis aspathogens particularly in immunosuppressive patientsand/ or in the ones on long-term treatment with widespectrumantibiotics may result in mortality. In this study,we tried to draw attention to this opportunistic, multiresistantpathogen with an increasing isolation rate inour hospital. Corynebacterium strains that may act asinfectious agents according to microbiological criteriaparticularly in risky patient groups must be identifiedat strain level, their antimicrobial susceptibility testsmust be performed, and the patients must be treatedaccordingly.

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Amaç: Corynebacterium striatum izolatları insanderi ve mukoz membranlarının normal flora üyesidirlerve çevrede yaygın olarak bulunurlar. Uzun yıllarmikrobiyolojik kültürlerde ürediklerinde kontaminantolarak kabul edilmişlerdir. Son yıllarda immünsupresifhasta sayısının, uygulanan invaziv işlemlerin ve genişspektrumlu antibiyotik kullanımının artması, C. striatumizolatlarına bağlı enfeksiyon ve salgınların sayısındaartışa neden olmuştur. Bu çalışmada hastanemizde sonbeş yıldır mikrobiyolojik kriterlere göre etken olarakkabul edilen C. striatum izolatları ve antibiyotikduyarlılıkları değerlendirilmiş ve izolasyon sıklığıhızla artan bu fırsatçı patojene dikkat çekilmeyeçalışılmıştır.Yöntemler: Hastanemiz Tıbbi MikrobiyolojiLaboratuvarına gönderilen çeşitli klinik örneklerin Gramboyalı preparatları hazırlanmış ve uygun besiyerlerineekimleri yapılmıştır. Gram boyamada lökosit ve/veya bakteri izlenen, kültürde baskın ya da saf üremegösteren, tekrarlayan kültürlerde üreyen izolatlar etkenolarak kabul edilmiş bu kriterleri karşılamayan üremelerkontaminasyon ya da kolonizasyon olarak raporlanmıştır.Tür düzeyinde identifikasyon 2010-2013 yılları arasındaVitek 2 (bioMerieux, France); 2014 yılında BrukerMicroflex MS (Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany)sistemleri ile yapılmıştır.Bulgular: Mikrobiyolojik kriterlere göre etkenolarak kabul edilip raporlanan C. striatum izolatlarının sayısı 2010-2014 yılları arasında sırasıyla 52, 73, 191,199, 231 (toplam 746) bildirilmiştir. Bu izolatlardan369 (%49,5)'u yara, 149 (%20,0)'u trakeal aspirat,140 (%18,8)'ı kan, 38 (%5,1)'i steril vücut sıvısı, 31(%4,2)'i idrar, 19 (%2,5)'u abse örneklerinden izoleedilmiştir. En sık izolasyon YBÜ'lerinden (%37,9)yapılmıştır. Antibiyotik duyarlılık testi sonuçlarınagöre tüm etkenlerin çoklu dirençli olduklarıizlenmiştir. 2010-2013 yılları arasında CLSI rehberinegöre yapılan değerlendirmede siprofloksasin direnci%83,0, penisilin direnci %80,0, rifampicin direnci%79,1, klindamisin direnci %73,2, tetrasiklin direnci%69,9, eritromisin direnci %41,2 ve gentamisindirenci %17,6 bulunurken tüm suşların vankomisinve linezolide duyarlı olduğu izlenmiştir. 2014 yılındaEUCAST rehberine göre yapılan değerlendirmede isetüm suşların sadece vankomisin ve linezolide duyarlıiken diğer tüm antibiyotiklere dirençli olduklarıizlenmiştir.Sonuç: C. striatum izolatları klinik mikrobiyolojilaboratuvarında gittikçe daha sık karşılaştığımız birpatojen halini almaktadır. Özellikle immünsupresifve/veya uzun süreli geniş spektrumlu antibiyotiktedavisi alan hastalarda, tanıda atlanılması, ölümcülsonuçlara yol açabilir. Bu çalışma ile hastanemizdeartan sıklıkta karşılaştığımız bu çoklu dirençli etkenedikkat çekilmeye çalışılmıştır. Özellikle riskli hastagruplarında mikrobiyolojik kriterlere göre enfeksiyonetkeni olabileceği düşünülen Corynebacterium izolatlarımutlaka tür düzeyinde tanımlanmalı, duyarlılık testleriyapılmalı ve gerekli tedavi düzenlenmelidir.

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HAZIROLAN, G., MUMCUOĞLU, İ., AKSU, N., KURŞUN, Ş. (2022). Evaluation of the Corynebacterium striatum isolated with increasing frequency in one of the training and research hospital. Türk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 72 - Sayı: 4, 281–288. https://ajindex.com/articles/625079

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