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 |
The increased use of indwelling medical devices has had considerable impact on the role of Staphylococci in clinical medicine, their major pathogenic factor being ability to form biofilm on polymeric surfaces. Bacteria growing within a biofilm lose their sensitivity to antibiotics quickly. Thus biofilms result in persistent infections that cannot be resolved with standard antibiotic treatments. The present study was done to know the ability for biofilm production and the antibiotic susceptibility among different species identified from 250 clinicalisolates of Staphylococci. Three standard methods of Tissue culture plate, Tube method and Congo Red Agar method were used for detection of biofilm production. Biofilm production was detected in 172 (68.80%) of 250 staphylococcal isolates. Staphylococcus aureus accounted for 88 (51.16%) and S. epidermidisfor 65(37.79%) followed by S. haemolyticus which accounted for 19 (11.05%) biofilm producing Staphylococcal isolates. Persistent infection due to biofilm formation is certainly a new and additional burden to clinicians. Identification of biofilm production and its relation with antimicrobial resistance might help to elucidate the impact of Staphylococci in diagnosis of various infections.
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