Prevalence of nasal carriage of S.aureus among the wards staff of three teaching hospitals in Shahrekord and the antibiogram pattern of the isolated strains
Journal Title: مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهرکرد - Year 1999, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
In this study, nasal carriage of S.aureus among the wards staff of three teaching hospitals (Kashani, Hajar and Ali-Asghar hospital) in Shahrekord and the antibiotic sensitivity of the isolated strains was investigated. For this reason, 197 swab samples were collected from the anterior nare of the ward staff and cultured for identification of S.aureus. The control samples (100) were collected from the normal population. In general, most of the staff carry bacteria in their nose and the highest carriage rate was seen in dialysis ward in contrast emergency ward of the Kashani Hospital had the lowest rate. The rate of carriers in the other hospital wards, was also significant. Carriage rate in general population was about 28%. Most of the S.aureus strains were resistant to Penicillin (Resistance rate-99%) but most of them were sensitive to Rifampin (92%). Further more, the sensitivity rate of bacteria to the other antibiotics was as follows: SXT (64%), Cephalexin (51%) and Cloxacillin (28%). This study showed that the nasal carriage rate among the ward’s staff was significantly higher than that of the control.
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behnam zamanzad
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