Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

ISBN-13: 9783330051348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 92 str.

Harshi Abeygoonawardena

Opis

Prevalence of resistance against Methicillin, an antibiotic of the penicillin group of antibiotics, is a problem identified with infections of Staphylococcus aureus, which is a pathogenic bacterium that causes most of the skin infections. The current study was done to determine the extent of the MRSA prevalence in a selected community in Sri Lanka and to determine the effectiveness of the antibiotic Vancomycin against it. While more than a quarter of the studied population had Staphylococcus aureus in nasal surface, 5.7% of the isolates were found to be MRSA. The varying inhibitory concentrations of Vancomycin against the particular MRSA isolates were all 2µg/mL. None of the isolates recorded the MIC of Vancomycin against them above 4µg/mL, the concentration limit where any MIC above it is regarded as an indication of intermediate and resistance.

O autorze

Author is a Technical Officer at Faculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. She obtained her BSc from Bangalore University and completed her MSc at University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Her research interests include community associated infections & antibiotic resistance.