European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS ISOLATED FROM ALL CLINICAL SPECIMENS

Neeti Mishra, *Jyoti Gupta, Shailendra Mohan Tripathi, Sangram Singh Patel, Razia Khatoon and Mahak Jain

ABSTRACT

Objective: To screen various Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA) pathogens isolated from all clinical specimens and to determine their antibiotic sensitive and resistant pattern against the commonly used antibiotics.
Materials and Methods: All clinical specimens were collected from different patients and subjected to Staphylococcus aureus screening using conventional microbiological method. Subsequently the antibiotic sensitivity test was performed for confirmed MRSA isolates. Result: A total 155 Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from the 400 positive growth, out of which 60 were MRSA and 95 MSSA. Conclusions: This study demonstrates that MRSA is a problem in INDIA. If the strain of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to cefoxitin so this strain also resistant to all β-lactum antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins and carbapenems.

Keywords: Antibiotics, MRSA, MSSA, Staphylococcus, Antibiotic sensitivity pattern.