Prevalence And Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern  Of Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus  In A Tertiary Care Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat.

Dr. Viral; Dr. Neetu; Dr. Swati; Dr. Hiral; Dr. Hiral G; Dr. Hitesh; Dr. Mala

Volume : I, Issue : III, August - 2012

Prevalence And Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern Of Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In A Tertiary Care Hospital, Jamnagar, Gujarat.

Dr. Viral, Dr. Neetu, Dr. Swati, Dr. Hiral, Dr. Hiral G, Dr. Hitesh, Dr. Mala

Abstract :

Methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is an important nosocomial pathogen. The study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of MRSA and their rate of resistance to different antibiotics used for treatment. Identification of Staphylococcus aureuswas confirmed by standard methods and the antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Of the 191 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, 58 isolates were identified as Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (30.37%) and 7 were identified as Vancomycin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (3.75%). During this study sensitivity of MRSA to linezolid is 93.10%, Ampicillin + Sulbactams(58.62%), levofloxacin (53.45%) ,Tetracycline (32.75%) , Lincomycin (29.31), Cotrimoxazole ( 13.80%) , Ciprofloxacin 10.34%, Roxythromycin ( 8.62%) and Gentamycin ( 2.74%). Findings presented in this study indicated a high level of resistance to widely used therapeutic agents. So, appropriate knowledge on the current antibiotic susceptibility pattern of MRSA is essential for appropriate therapeutic treatment. The study showed high prevalence of MRSA in hospital setting indicating need of good control measures such as proper hand hygiene and monitoring of susceptibility patterns of MRSA also help in preventing the spread of infections .