ArticleAfrican health sciences2015
Inducible clindamycin resistance and nasal carriage rates of Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers and community members.
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- Prevalence, antibiogram, and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) asymptomatic carriage in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of commensal staphylococci isolated from young volunteers in Alexandria, Egypt.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Inducible Clindamycin-ResistantInternational journal of microbiology · 2022Review
- First insights into molecular basis identification of 16 s ribosomal RNA gene of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Sudan.BMC research notes · 2021Article
- Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of macrolide resistance amongIranian journal of microbiology · 2017Article
- Hepatitis, HIV and Ebola: light at the end of the tunnel.African health sciences · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundNasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is becoming an increasing problem among healthcare workers and community individuals.
objectivesTo determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization and inducible clindamycin resistance (ICR) of S. aureus among healthcare workers at Soba University Hospital and community members in Khartoum State, Sudan.
methodsFive hundred nasal swabs samples were collected during March 2009 to April 2010. Isolates were identified using conventional laboratory assays and MRSA determined by the disk diffusion method. The D-test was performed for detection of ICR isolates with Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute guidelines.
resultsOf the 114 S. aureus isolated, 20.2% represented MRSA. The occurrence of MRSA was significantly higher among healthcare worker than community individuals [32.7% (18/55) vs. 6.9% (5/59)] (p=0.001). Overall the 114 S. aureus isolates tested for ICR by D-test, 29 (25.4%) yielded inducible resistance. Significantly higher (p=0.026) ICR was detected among MRSA (43.5%) than methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) (20.9%).
conclusionMRSA nasal carriage among healthcare workers needs infection control practice in hospitals to prevent transmission of MRSA. The occurrence of ICR in S. aureus is of a great concern, D- test should be carried out routinely in our hospitals to avoid therapeutic failure.
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