{"title":"Low prevalence of borderline oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BORSA) in a tertiary care hospital in South Carolina","authors":"Connor Horne , Gabrielle DiMattia , Nicholas Perkins , Prerana Roth","doi":"10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100414","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prompt treatment for <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> bloodstream infections is often dependent on known diagnostic testing modalities to differentiate between methicillin-susceptible <em>S. aureus</em> (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant <em>S. aureus</em> (MRSA). Borderline-oxacillin resistant S. aureus (BORSA), a rare, non-mecA mediated phenotype, has unclear resistance mechanisms but potentially significant consequences as it is frequently misidentified as MSSA but behaves more like MRSA. A retrospective analysis was performed of MSSA bloodstream infections to determine the prevalence of BORSA. Our institution found BORSA prevalence of 0.1%, consistent with literature. Though prevalence is low, due to unclear mechanisms and unreliable detection methods, BORSA may pose a therapeutic and epidemiological threat.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":33492,"journal":{"name":"Infection Prevention in Practice","volume":"6 4","pages":"Article 100414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Infection Prevention in Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590088924000787","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"INFECTIOUS DISEASES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prompt treatment for Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections is often dependent on known diagnostic testing modalities to differentiate between methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Borderline-oxacillin resistant S. aureus (BORSA), a rare, non-mecA mediated phenotype, has unclear resistance mechanisms but potentially significant consequences as it is frequently misidentified as MSSA but behaves more like MRSA. A retrospective analysis was performed of MSSA bloodstream infections to determine the prevalence of BORSA. Our institution found BORSA prevalence of 0.1%, consistent with literature. Though prevalence is low, due to unclear mechanisms and unreliable detection methods, BORSA may pose a therapeutic and epidemiological threat.
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