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2004, Cilt 34, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 224-228
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Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Colonization Rate in Nasal Swaps of Hospital Nurses
Fadile Yıldız Zeyrek1, Füsun Bölükbaş2, Cengiz Bölükbaş2, Mehmet Horoz2, C. Dost Zeyrek3, Fatma Sırmatel4
1Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa
2Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa
3Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa
4Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Enfeksiyon ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa
Keywords: Nosocomial infection, coagulase-negative staphylococcus, methicillin resistance, hospital staff

To assess the frequency and antibiotic resistance of staphylococcus strains isolated from nasal swaps in hospital nurses in different units. Fifty-three nurses, of whom 22 from general ward, 21 from operating room and 10 from intensive care unit were enrolled. Coagulase- negative staphylococcus and Staphylococcus aureus positivity was determined in nasal swap cultures. Resistance to methicillin and other beta-lactam antibiotics, macrolide, fluoroquinolone, aminoglycoside and glycopeptide antibiotics were assessed in isolated strains by MIC and disc diffuzyon methods. Coagulase-negative staphylococcus and Staphylococcus aureus were isolated in 92.4% and 7.5%, respectively. Staphylococcus epidermidis constituted 81.1% of all Coagulase-negative staphylococcus. Methicillin resistance was observed in 39.5% of staphylococcus epidermitis strains. There was no significant difference between study groups in term of frequency and resistance to various antibiotics in isolated strains (both, p>0.05).

Methicillin and multi-drug resistance are quite high in Staphylococcus epidermidis strains colonized in nares of hospital nurses employed in different units with either low or high risk in context of nosocomial infection.


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