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| Title |
Minimum inhibitory concentration of vancomycin to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from different clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital in Nepal
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| Published in |
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13756-016-0126-3 |
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| Authors |
Arjun Ojha Kshetry, Narayan Dutt Pant, Raju Bhandari, Sabita Khatri, Krishma Laxmi Shrestha, Shambhu Kumar Upadhaya, Asia Poudel, Binod Lekhak, Bijendra R. Raghubanshi |
| Abstract |
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has evolved as a serious threat to public health. It has capability to cause infections not only in health care settings but also in community. Due to the multidrug resistance shown by MRSA, there are limited treatment options for the infections caused by this superbug. Vancomycin is used as the drug of choice for the treatment of infections caused by MRSA. Different studies from all around the world have documented the emergence of strains of S. aureus those are intermediate sensitive or resistant to vancomycin. And recently, there have been reports of reduced susceptibility of MRSA to vancomycin, from Nepal also. So the main purpose of this study was to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of vancomycin to methicillin resistant S. aureus isolated from different clinical specimens. Total 125 strains of S. aureus isolated from different clinical samples at KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal from Nov 2012 to June 2013, were subjected to MRSA detection by cefoxitin disc diffusion method. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of vancomycin to confirmed MRSA strains were determined by agar dilution method. Yellow colored colonies in mannitol salt agar, which were gram positive cocci, catalase positive and coagulase positive were confirmed to be S. aureus. Among, total 125 S. aureus strains isolated; 47(37.6%) were MRSA. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of vancomycin to the strains of MRSA ranged from 0.125 μg/ml to 1 μg/ml. From our findings we concluded that the rate of isolation of MRSA among all the strains of S. aureus isolated from clinical samples was very high. However, none of the MRSA strains were found to be vancomycin intermediate-sensitive or vancomycin-resistant. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 1 | 25% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 113 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology | 26 | 23% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 12% |
| Unknown | 33 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 September 2016.
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