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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3031-3033, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular Characterization and Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Ocular Isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Leonardo A. Sechi,1,* Antonio Pinna,2 Cinzia Pusceddu,1 Giovanni Fadda,3 Francesco Carta,2 and Stefania Zanetti1

Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica,1 and Institute of Ophthalmology,2 University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, and Institute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome,3 Italy

Received 8 February 1999/Returned for modification 22 May 1999/Accepted 9 June 1999

Nineteen isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis from patients with ocular infections were analyzed. Patients were selected in retrospect, by choosing cases in which S. epidermidis was the sole isolate. Twelve different patterns were obtained after hybridization with a probe with high-level homology to insertion sequences found in S. epidermidis. Susceptibilities to penicillin, methicillin, gentamicin, tetracycline, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, vancomycin, and teicoplanin were determined. Six strains were resistant to three or more antibiotics.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43 B, 07100 Sassari, Italy. Phone: 39/79/228463. Fax: 39/79/212345. E-mail: sechila{at}ssmain.uniss.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3031-3033, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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