Prevalence and antibiogram of hospital acquired-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and community acquired-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a tertiary care hospital National Institute of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common human pathogens with ability to cause a wide range of infections. On an average 20-40% of the adults are carriers of S. aureus in the anterior nares. [1] The emergence of community-acquired (CA) and hospital acquired (HA) methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has led to increasing in cases of invasive infections. [2,3] In 1965 first case of MRSA infection recorded in Australia, (Sydney) [4,5] and in 1980 first case of a CA-MRSA infection in the United States was reported. Both HA-MRSA and

Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Clinical characteristics and antibiotic resistance profile with emphasis on macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance

“…12 In terms of gender predilection, no significant difference was found between male and female patients in the current study; this observation is in agreement with previous research. 21 A significantly greater number of healthcareassociated MRSA isolates in the current study were resistant to non-β-lactam antibiotics in comparison with healthcare-associated MSSA isolates. A similar observation was made by the INSAR Group.…”

Test

“…Point-of-care testing with C-reactive protein (CRP) or communication training resulted to a signi icant reduction in antibiotic administration for acute respiratory tract infection in primary care in a multicenter study in six European countries [7,8]. However, combining these strategies had the greatest impact, resulting in a 62 percent reduction in antibiotic prescriptions.…”

A Retrospective Study on Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Detected Bacteria

“…The emergence of community-acquired and hospital acquired methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has led to increasing in cases of invasive infections. 7 The emergence antibiotic resistance and its rapid spread of among pathogenic bacterial isolates are considered as grave threats to the public health worldwide. During the last few decades, multidrug-resistant Gram negative bacterial strains such as Acinetobacter baumannii, E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Gram-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were increasingly associated with pus infections under hospital settings due to extensive mis prescription and inadequate dose regimen of antibiotics.…”