BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Presence of methicillin and multidrug resistance has associated coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) with high morbidity and mortality worldwide. The present study was carried out to study the susceptibility pattern of CNS to various antimicrobial agents and to determine the prevalence of CNS methicillin resistance in our hospital setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS A t...

AIM: To investigate the prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) among infected /colonized foot ulcer , nasal carriage and hospital environment in diabetic foot clinic . METHODS: During 3 months duration among 64 selected diabetic patients, S. aureus were identified, then Methicillin resistance detection was done by oxacillin disk diffusion tests, and confirmed by detection of PBP2a...

INTRODUCTION Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is spread out in hospitals across different regions of the world and is regarded as the major agent of nosocomial infections, causing infections such as skin and soft tissue pneumonia and sepsis. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for methicillin-resistance in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) and th...

Thirty-seven per cent of 126 strains of Staphylococcus aureus, when tested on sheep blood-agar with sensitivity discs containing cephalothin, carbenicillin, oxacillin, penicillin, and cycloserine, produced rings of beta-hemolysis surrounding zones of inhibition of bacterial growth. Each strain capable of producing a ring of beta-hemolysis did so with at least two of the mentioned antibiotics. N...

Statphylococcus aureus is a Gram positive bacterium, which is naturally present in nasopharyngeal region of human beings and animals. After 1941, S.aureus was developed drug resistant capacity to against all penicillin antibiotics. In 1961, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus were isolated. The present study Methicillin Resistant S. aureus were isolated from clinical pus samples. All is...

OBJECTIVES With the increase in nosocomial infections caused by coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS), laboratory diagnosis of CNS with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin) has become important. This study was designed to determine the glycopeptide susceptibility of clinical isolates of methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MRCNS) at the depart...

OBJECTIVE To study the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MRSA isolates from patients in a tertiary care hospital. METHODS This was in-vitro study on MRSA isolates received from clinical samples in the department of microbiology during one year (March 2004-February 2005). All samples were processed by conventional method using sheep blood agar, MacConkey's agar and Chocolate agar plates....

The agar diffusion bioassay was used to screen for bacteriocin or.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Enterococci are Gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs (diplococci) or short chains. Be-side developing high level of antibiotic resistance, these bacteria can cause wide range of disease in human, thus to help provide an effective treatment for infections caused by this genus, this study was conceived to provide information on Enterococcus faecalis Antibiotic resista...