National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is relatively ubiquitous and the cause of community acquired colonization and infections as well as endemic and epidemic nosocomial colonization and infections. Early detection of MRSA and formulation of an effective antibiotic policy, along with infection control in tertiary care hospitals is of paramount importance from an epidemiological viewpoint. Present study was carried out to know the prevalence MRSA infection in teaching hospital located in Karnataka One hundred fifty isolates from clinical samples were processed. Colonies suggestive of Staphylococcus aureus were identified as MRSA using Cefoxitin (30µg) discasper Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. In our study out of 150 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, 65(43.3%) were MRSA and 85(56.7%) were MSSA. MRSA infections were noticed high in the age group <14 yrs (80%) and have high (67.7%) prevalence among male patients. Different studies show different rate of isolation of MRSA, this might be due to antibiotic policy & antibiotic pressure vary from hospital to hospital, different time period of studies and difference in their location. Difference in the socioeconomic status of study group between hospitals.
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