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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda
المؤلفون المشاركون
Bazira, Joel
Abimana, Justus B.
Kato, Charles D.
المصدر
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-7، 7ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-03-10
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
7
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Whereas Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen, it colonizes healthy people as normal flora without causing any symptoms or illness.
Probably because of greater exposure, healthcare workers (HCWs) are more colonized, serving as reservoir for endogenous infections as well as dissemination.
In developing countries including Uganda, there is scarcity of the literature on S.
aureus carriage among HCWs, making infection control difficult.
This study aimed at determining the nasal carriage rate and comparing the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates from HCWs of Kampala International University Teaching Hospital.
Nasal swab specimens from HCWs were screened for MRSA using both phenotypic and genotypic methods.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the MRSA and MSSA isolates was performed using the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method.
Out of the 97 participants, 28 (28.8%) participants were nasal carriers of S.
aureus of which 13 (46.4%) were phenotypically MRSA (resistant to cefoxitin) and 8 (28.6%) were genotypically MRSA (had mecA gene).
Only 6 isolates of the 13 isolates (46%) which showed resistance to cefoxitin had mecA gene detectable while 2 (13.3%) of the 15 cefoxitin susceptible isolates were found to carry mecA gene.
The study thus shows that methicillin resistance in S.
aureus may not only be determined by mecA gene.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Abimana, Justus B.& Kato, Charles D.& Bazira, Joel. 2019. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130060
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Abimana, Justus B.…[et al.]. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130060
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Abimana, Justus B.& Kato, Charles D.& Bazira, Joel. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization among Healthcare Workers at Kampala International University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Uganda. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1130060
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1130060
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