Multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from emergency ward of an Iranian hospital


Autoria(s): Ahmadi, Koorosh; Zakeri, Hossein; Doloo, Hamid Zamani Moghadam; Kakhki, Behrang Rezvani; Mohammadshahi, Ali; Alavi-Moghaddam, Mostafa; Hashemian, Amir Masoud
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Origin of publication: Nigeria

Data(s)

01/06/2016

Resumo

Purpose: To study the prevalence of resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from surfaces, beds and various equipment of an Iranian hospital emergency ward. Methods: Two hundred swab samples were collected from the surfaces, beds, trolleys, surgical equipment and diagnostic medical devices in emergency ward. Samples were cultured and those that were S. aureus-positive were confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Antimicrobial resistance pattern was analyzed using disk diffusion method. Results: Nine of 200 samples (4.5 %) collected were positive for S. aureus. Surfaces (8.8 %), beds (5 %) and trolleys (5 %) were the most commonly contaminated. S. aureus isolates exhibited varying levels of resistance against antibiotics with the following being the highest: tetracycline (88.8 %), penicillin (88.8 %) and ampicillin (77.7 %). The prevalence of resistance against methicillin, oxacillin and azithromycin were 44.4, 33.3 and 33.3 %, respectively. There was no pattern of resistance against imipenem. Conclusion: Efficient disinfection of surfaces, beds, trolleys and surgical instruments should be performed periodically to reduce colonization of resistant strains of S. aureus in various areas of emergency health care centers.

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http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=pr16109

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Relação

http://www.tjpr.org; http://www.bioline.org.br/pr

Direitos

Copyright 2016 - Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Fonte

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (ISSN: 1596-5996) Vol 15 Num 4

Palavras-Chave #Staphylococcus aureus; Nocosomial infection; Antibiotic resistance; Hospital equipment; Emergency ward
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