scholarly journals Phenotypic methods for determination of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus spp. from health care workers

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelle Aquino Rabelo ◽  
Armando Monteiro Bezerra Neto ◽  
Eduardo Caetano Brandão Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Wagner Luis Mendes de Oliveira ◽  
Fábio Lopes de Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistance ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Phenotypic Methods ◽  
Staphylococcus Spp

scholarly journals VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPP. COLONIZATION IN HANDS OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITALS IN KOLKATA, INDIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (30) ◽  
pp. 8322-8327
Author(s):  
Surangana Saha ◽  
Urmita Charaborty ◽  
Monalisa Majumdar ◽  
Avranil Goswami ◽  
Nishith Kumar Pal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Staphylococcus Spp

High-Level Mupirocin Resistance in Staphylococcus spp. among Health Care Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Pharmacology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 320-323
Author(s):  
E. Kavitha ◽  
R. Srikumar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Nasal Carriage ◽  
Diffusion Method ◽  
Disk Diffusion Method ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Mupirocin Resistance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Staphylococcus Spp

Background: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is very common among health care workers, and treatment with mupirocin is one of the choicest antibiotics available. But with the rampant usage of mupirocin like other antibiotics, the emergence of mupirocin resistance is also on rise. This resistance is both low level as well as high level among the isolated strains. Aim: To screen for the high-level mupirocin resistance among the isolated Staphylococcus strains by Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method. Materials and Methods: A total of 200 clinical isolates were tested for high level mupirocin resistance by disk diffusion method using Himedia disks. Results: Among the 200 nasal swabs, 26 (13%) showed growth of S. aureus, whereas 174 (87%) showed the growth of coagulase negative staphylococcus (CONS) spp. Mupirocin resistance was observed only among CONS spp, which was 15% for low-level mupirocin and 8% for high-level mupirocin resistance. No mupirocin resistance was observed among the Staphylococcus spp. Conclusion: The identification of Mupirocin resistance will guide us to utilize the antibiotic in a judicious way to treat the nasal carriage effectively.

Organizational Factors and Health Care Workers' Physical Safety

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Lipscomb ◽  
Jeanne Geiger-Brown ◽  
Katherine McPhaul ◽  
Karen Calabro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Care Workers
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