Concordance of nasal and diabetic foot ulcer staphylococcal colonization

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Concordance of nasal and diabetic foot ulcer staphylococcal colonization
Ambar Haleem et al
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease; Available online 24 January 2014

Background
Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is an important risk factor for surgical site infections. The goal of this study was to investigate the concordance between nasal and diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) SA carriage.
Methods
79 subjects with DFUs were assessed for nasal and DFU colonization with SA, including Methicillin-resistant-SA (MRSA).
Results
Twenty-five (31.6%) subjects had nares colonization with SA; 29 (36.7%) had DFU colonization with SA. Seven (8.8%) subjects had nares colonization with MRSA and 7 (8.8%) had DFU colonization with MRSA. Ulcer duration was associated with MRSA presence (p=0.01). Sensitivity and specificity of positive nasal SA colonization with positive DFU colonization were 41 and 74%.
Conclusions
We found substantial discordance between SA strains colonizing DFU and the nasal cavity. The poor positive predictive values for SA isolation in a DFU based on nasal carriage suggests SA colonization of a DFU by endogenous SA strains cannot be assumed.
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NewsBot · Jun 12, 2018

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and infection among patients with diabetic foot ulcer
Shin-Yi Lina et al
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection; 4 June 2018

Purpose
To evaluate the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage in patients with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in Taiwan, and to assess the concordance between colonizing and clinical MRSA isolates from the patients.

Method
A total of 354 nasal specimens were collected from 112 and 242 diabetic patients with and without foot ulcer, respectively. MRSA clinical isolates from DFU wound cultures were collected for comparison.

Results
Nasal carriage rate of S. aureus and MRSA was similar between diabetic patients with and without foot ulcer (15.2% vs. 16.9% for S. aureus and 5.4% vs. 1.7% for MRSA). Nasal S. aureus colonization was an independent predictor for wound S. aureus infection (Odds ratio [OR]: 5.33, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.61-17.59), so did nasal MRSA colonization (OR: 19.09, 95% CI: 2.12-171.91). The levels of glycated hemoglobin, and the usage with immunosuppressant agent were associated with S. aureus nasal colonization while oral hypoglycemic agent usage a protective factor. Sequence type 59/ staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec IV or V, the local endemic community-associated clone, accounted for 42% and 70% of the clinical and colonizing isolates, respectively. Six of 10 patients with paired colonizing and clinical isolates, either MRSA or methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, had a genetically identical strain from a single patient.

Conclusion
Less than one-fifth of patients with DFU have nasal S. aureus, including MRSA, colonization; however, the colonization is significantly associated with S. aureus diabetic foot infection. Screening for S. aureus colonizing status in DFU patients might have a potential clinical implication.
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NewsBot · Mar 30, 2023

Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Nasal Cavity and Wound Infections Among Diabetic Patients
Elahe Taki et al
Curr Microbiol. 2023 Mar 24;80(5):147

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen contributing to diabetic foot infections (DFI). Nasal transmission of S. aureus potentially increases the risk of endogenous infection. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance profile of S. aureus isolates in nasal and wound samples from diabetic patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2018 to September 2019. S. aureus was isolated from the anterior nares and wounds of diabetic patients. All S. aureus isolates were characterized by detection of resistance and virulence genes (mecA, ermA, ermC, hla, hlb, hlg, sea, lukDE, pvl), staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec)-typing and staphylococcal protein A (spa)-typing. A total of 34 S. aureus were isolated from the wounds of 115 diabetic patients with DFI. Twenty-four S. aureus isolates were collected from the anterior nares of patients, and thirteen patients had concurrent S. aureus in nasal and wound specimens. The prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in nasal specimens was noticeable (41.7%), and the most common spa-type in nasal and wound specimens was t14870. Nearly half of the patients with concurrent S. aureus in wound and nasal specimens had similar isolates from both sites. Our data suggest that detection and screening of S. aureus colonization in the nasal cavity may prevent subsequent endogenous infections, particularly with MRSA strains.
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NewsBot · Oct 30, 2023

Nasal MRSA carriage is a risk factor for development of antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot ulcers and is significantly higher than diabetic and non-diabetic individuals without foot ulcer
Poulami Mukherjee et al
BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 26;23(1):729

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a major complication of diabetes often impacted by polymicrobial infection in the wound site. Diabetic patients are immunocompromised in nature and hence vulnerable to infection once the skin barrier is breached. Microbiological culture-based methods show that Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is the most frequently isolated bacteria from the DFU wounds. SA and its most clinically important antibiotic resistant variant methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are commonly found in the nasal vestibule and colonization of SA as well as MRSA in any wound site can aggravate the condition. We hypothesize that the presence of nasal MRSA carriage can serve as a potential risk factor contributing to the emergence of antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot ulcer wounds.

Methods: In the present study, we have compared the carriage of SA and MRSA in nasal cavity and foot skin among DFU patients (D+F+, n = 50), diabetic patients without any ulcer (D+F-, n = 50), and healthy controls (D-F-, n = 40) by using bacterial culture and PCR based methods. The D+F+, D+F- and D-F-individuals were further categorized based on the presence or absence of MRSA and clinical parameters were compared between MRSA+ ve and MRSA-ve individuals in each of the three groups mentioned above.

Results: Our results show that, (a) nasal MRSA carriage is significantly higher (p < 0.05) in D+F+ group than the D+F- and D-F- and significantly associated with wound MRSA carriage in D+ F+ individuals (O.R. = 4.09; 95% C.I. = 1.12-15.05) and (b) the HbA1C level is significantly higher (p < 0.02) in wound MRSA positive, compared to MRSA negative D+F+ patients. Interestingly more than half of the MRSA (64%) isolated from DFU wound were identified to be multidrug resistant.

Conclusion: These findings strongly suggest that nasal MRSA carriage can act as a risk factor for development of antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot ulcers and it is therefore important to screen nasal and wound sites of these patients regularly. We have also developed a rapid multiplex PCR assay to detect MRSA from clinical isolates or microbial DNA isolated from clinical samples in the hospital settings.
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