Inducible clindamycin resistance in coagulase negative staphylococci

Induced clindamycin resistance poses a major problem for the use of this drug to treat staphylococcal infections. An infectious etiology is often implicated in presence CoNS clinical specimens. A total 183 isolates Staphylococci spp. recovered from different specimens were studied. coagulase test was done select negative Staphylococci, and they confirmed by conventional microbiological techniques. Using double disc approximation test, induced detected (D-test). The D used detect inducible phenotype erythromycin resistant sensitive isolates. micro titer plate determine biofilm development these One hundred twenty eight various identified as proven CoNS, which distributed across six species’. haemolyticus, most common species isolated, isolated all types present study revealed strong association with among CoNs