Vol. 6 (01) pp. 472-476 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6245

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS WITH ANTIBIOGRAM IN NASAL CARRIERS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

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The present study was carried out in 80 Health Care Workers ( including Doctors, Post graduate students, interns, nursing staff, etc.,.) of government general hospital, Vijayawada to assess the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among nasal carriers. Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in the nose appears to play a key role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of infection. Nasal swabs were collected and screened for Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus by culturing them on routine basal media. Antibiotic susceptibility was performed by modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method and methicillin resistance was detected by using Cefoxitine disc diffusion method. Out of 80 samples , 35(43.7%) were found to be positive for Staphylococcus aureus , followed by Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus, Diptheroids, Micrococci, etc.,.resistance to Methicillin was detected in 17 out of 35(49%)Staphylococcus aureus. This study showed prevalence of 21% MRSA, which arises to a serious concern about the possibility of transmission of MRSA from the health care workers to the patient. All Staphylococcus aureus isolates, irrespective of their methicillin resistance status were sensitive to Vancomycin & Linezolid (60%). The carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA is highest among class IV employees and nurses respectively. This highlights the need of educational activities among Health Care Workers regarding hospital acquired infections and their prevention strategies. Frequent surveillance and effective sterile techniques implementation in these groups will reduce the burden of MRSA in hospitals, leading to decrease of infections.

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Nazia Begum Mohammed, P. Ratna Kumari and R. Lakshmi Kumari. (2018); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS WITH ANTIBIOGRAM IN NASAL CARRIERS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 6 (01), 472-476, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6245

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Dr. P. Ratna Kumari
Department of Microbiology, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada – 520008.
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