PREVALENCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NASAL CARRIAGE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN ANGANWARIES CHILDREN IN UJJAIN (M.P.)
Sapna Dey*, Shobha Shouche and Jai Prakash Narayan Pathak
ABSTRACT
Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in spreading of diverse range of infection in human as well as in
animals. Many evidences that community acquired S.aureus infections are spreading among children. A
prospective study was done in children between 1 to 6 years of age attending 100 anganwaries. 10 children were
randomly selected from each anganwary. A total 1002 children were included in these studies. The isolated
colonies were identified using standard laboratory procedure and tested for susceptibility to various commonly
used antibiotics according to CLSI. Out of 1002 children, 351 samples were cultured and found positive for
S.aureus. The prevalence of S.aureus of nasal carriage was 35%. These results showed that sex is not a significant
risk factor in S.aureus carriage rate. The antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the isolated revaled that vancomycine
(96%) are most susceptible. The high rates of nasal carriage of S.aureus and presence of resistance to commonly
used antibiotics are disturbing. Antibiotic stewardship programs promote judicious of antibiotics that are urgently
needed to prevent spread of S.aureus infection.
Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus, Nasal carriage, Antimicrobial susceptibility.
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