Authors : Jungari, M. J.
Page Nos : 308-311
Description :
Although prevalence rate of MRSA strains are increasing world widely. Very few studies are available of hospital acquired MRSA prevalence in Chandrapur region of Maharashtra, India. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence rate of MRSA in tertiary care hospital of Chandrapur .From Government district hospitals, Chandrapur the total 94 clinical samples were collected from different source and 78 samples were positive for S. aureus. Out of these 50 clinical samples were positive for coagulase test. The prevalence rate of methicillin resistance among 50 coagulase positive S. aureus isolates on disc diffusion was 58.00%. More than 50% of S. aureus strains were found as resistance to most of the antibiotics. Vancomycin, amikacin, gentamycin, chloramphenicol and nrofloxacin were shown less resistance. The regular surveillance of hospital acquired infection and implementation of strict antibiotic policy may be helpful for reducing the prevalence of MRSA infection.
