In Vitro Activity of Mupirocin on Staphylococcal Nasal Carriers Among Health Care Providers of Post Operative Surgical Ward in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Corresponding Author(s) : Dr.Vedavati B. I
drbivedu@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 2 No. 4 (2014): 2014 Volume 2- Issue -4
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been associated with considerable morbidity and mortality and is a important public health issue. It is an opportunistic pathogen. The increasing resistance of this pathogen to various antibiotics complicates treatment of S.aureus infections. Effective measures to prevent S aureus infections are therefore urgently needed.
AIM
To evaluate the trend of mupirocin resistance in nasal colonization of Staphylococcus in patients’ attendants and health care workers of post operative surgical ward of a tertiary care hospital.
METHODS
Total of 66 health care providers was studied. Nasal swabs were collected and processed for bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity. Methicillin resistance was detected by disc diffusion method using cefoxitin (30mcg) disc & mupirocin sensitivity using mupirocin (5mcg) disc.
RESULTS
39(67.24%) of patients attendants has Staphylococcus carriage of which 94.87% were s. aureus. 9(24.33%) of S.aureus were MRSA. All health care worker had S.aureus colonization of which 6 (75.00%) were MRSA. Overall 2(4.45%) S. aureus isolates from health care providers were resistant to muporocin.
CONCLUSION
Regular surveillance to know carrier prevalence and effective infection control initiatives are needed to reduce the incidence of health care associated infections due to MRSA. Monitoring of mupirocin resistance is essential to device carrier eradication protocols.
Keywords
MRSA
Nasal carriers
Mupirocin
Cefoxitin
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Dr.Vedavati B. I. In Vitro Activity of Mupirocin on Staphylococcal Nasal Carriers Among Health Care Providers of Post Operative Surgical Ward in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 1 [cited 2026 Apr. 16];2(4):282-6. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/89
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