Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary hospital in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Patan Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Objectives

To describe 1) the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its antibiotic sensitivity pattern; 2) the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with MRSA infections; and 3) the treatment outcomes of in-patients with MRSA infection among patients with S. aureus infection between January 2018 and December 2020.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study using electronic and paper-based hospital records of patients with S. aureus infection.

Results

Of the 1,804 patients with S. aureus infection, 1,027 patients (57%, 95% CI 55-59) had MRSA. The MRSA were susceptible to vancomycin (100%), linezolid (96%), doxycycline (96%), chloramphenicol (86%)

SUBMITTER: Pradhan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8575383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature