Antibiotic resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus with reference to MRSA isolates from pediatric patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The extent of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in Nepalese children is largely unknown.

Materials & methods

Six hundred and seventy-two clinical samples collected from 232 patients between June and November 2016 were processed in a microbiology laboratory.

Results

Out of 300 culture-positive samples, 52 (17.3%) were S. aureus isolates. Among those 52, 39 (75.0%) were found to be MRSA. The infection rate of S. aureus was shown to be higher in inpatients (55.7%) compared with outpatients (44.3%) at p = 0.637, 95% CI. Thirteen types of antibiotics were used in the antibiotic susceptibility test. MRSA isolates showed 100 and 0% resistance to penicillin and vancomycin, respectively. The D-test showed inducible clindamyci

SUBMITTER: Gurung RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7117559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature