Abstract: Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of suppurative lesions. It commonly resides in anterior nares as colonizer where it is transmitted from health care workers to the patients. A prospective study was done to determine the frequency of staphylococcal nasal carriage and their antibiogram. Nasal Swabs from health care workers were cultured on Blood agar and mannitol salt agar. Staphylococci was identified by colony characteristics, catalase and coagulase test. Antibiogram was determined against the different group of antibiotics according to CLSI guidelines. 51% staphylococcal nasal carries among health care workers was seen. Methicillin resistant strains were predominantly isolated. All the isolated strains were sensitive to mupirocin, vancomycin and linezolid. High erythromycin and clindamycin resistant was seen. High staphylococcal nasal carriage among health care workers necessitates for immediate decolonization. Mupirocin should be used topically to decolonize the staphylococci from anterior nares.
Keywords: Nasal carriage, Satphylococcus aureus, mupirocin, MRSA, Colonisation.
Title: Staphylococcal Nasal Carriage among Health Care Personnel at Tertiary Care Hospital, Jaipur, India
Author: Sakshita Agnihotri, Munesh Kumar Gupta, Eeshita Dhar
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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