Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Clinically Significant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci

Authors

  • A Nazir Government Medical College, Srinagar
  • A Shah Department of Pathology and Microbiology, SKIMS, Srinagar
  • D Kakru SKIMS, Srinagar
  • S M Kadri Directorate of Health Services, Srinagar, Kashmir

Keywords:

antimicrobial susceptibility testing, coagulase-negative staphylococci (ConS), nosocomial pathogens

Abstract

Aims: This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and pathogenicity of coagulase-negative staphylococci in clinical samples and to study the antibiotic-sensitivity pattern of the coagulase-negative isolates.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted over a period of two years on patients admitted in the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences. Blood, urine, pus, catheter tips, cerebrospinal fluid and peritoneal fluid samples of patients who fulfilled the criteria for being labeled as nosocomial were cultured.

Results: One hundred and six strains of coagulase negative staphylococci were isolated from the samples and among them 90 isolates were identified as Staphylococcus epidermidis (84.90%). Most of the coagulase-negative staphylococci isolates were resistant to penicillin, cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones. Methicillin resistance was found in a significant number of coagulase-negative isolates. All the isolates were found to be sensitive to vancomycin.

Conclusions:  The results of the study emphasized that isolation of coagulase-negative staphylococci should be viewed with serious concern and accurate species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing should be performed in all cases.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njog.v9i2.11769

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Author Biographies

A Nazir, Government Medical College, Srinagar

Department of Microbiology

D Kakru, SKIMS, Srinagar

Department of Microbiology

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Published

2014-12-16

How to Cite

Nazir, A., Shah, A., Kakru, D., & Kadri, S. M. (2014). Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Clinically Significant Coagulase-negative Staphylococci. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 9(2), 73–78. Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJOG/article/view/11769

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2014)

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Brief Communication

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