Abstract
In Oman, the prevalence of health care associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [HA-MRSA] is unknown. Therefore, to estimate the prevalence of HA-MRSA, we collected nasal swabs and swabs from cell phones on sterile polyester swabs and immediately inoculated on the mannitol salt agar containing oxacillin from medical students and hospital health care providers. Antibiotic susceptibility testing of the isolates was then performed using the Kirby Bauer's disc diffusion method. Additionally, a brief survey questionnaire was used to acquire demographic data. Amongst the 311 participants enrolled, nasal colonization with HA-MRSA was found in 47 individuals (15.1%, 95% confidence interval [CI]=11.1%, 19.1%). HA-MRSA was also isolated from the cell phone surfaces in 28 participants (9.0%, 95% CI=8.6%, 9.3%). 5 participants (1.6%) showed positive results both from their nasal swabs and from their cell phones. Antibiotic resistance to erythromycin [48%] and clindamycin [29%] was relatively high. 9.3% HA-MRSA isolates were vancomycin resistant [6.6% nasal carriage]. There was no statistically significant correlation between HA-MRSA isolates and the demographic characteristics or the risk factors namely gender, underlying co-...Continue Reading
References
May 4, 1989·The New England Journal of Medicine·W Brumfitt, J Hamilton-Miller
Apr 12, 2002·The Lancet Infectious Diseases·Duarte C OliveiraHermínia de Lencastre
Sep 19, 2007·Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·Peter C Appelbaum
Jun 20, 2008·Dermatologic Therapy·Kyle J Popovich, Bala Hota
Jan 13, 2009·Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology·A M CirajK Rajani
Apr 16, 2010·Journal of Clinical Microbiology·Timothy F LandersThomas E Wittum
Apr 30, 2010·Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America·Marie-Carmelle Elie-TurenneEdwin A Deitch
Jul 9, 2010·Clinical Microbiology Reviews·Michael Z David, Robert S Daum
Sep 25, 2010·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·Y AhmadM H Simms
Dec 31, 2010·BMC Pediatrics·Ashish PathakCecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Apr 26, 2011·Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease·Xiao Xue MaEn Jie Luo
May 24, 2011·BMC Infectious Diseases·Madeleine DulonAlbert Nienhaus
May 15, 2013·Journal of Infection and Public Health·Arucha TreesirichodOlarn Prommalikit
Citations
Sep 22, 2012·Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease·Maria A CursinoAnna S Levin
Apr 25, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Ishmael Festus JajaVoster Muchenje
Feb 28, 2019·Microbial Drug Resistance : MDR : Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Disease·Roberto VivasSona Jain
Oct 3, 2018·International Journal of Microbiology·Agricola JoachimEligius F Lyamuya
Oct 16, 2018·Frontiers in Microbiology·Hefa Mangzira KemungLearn-Han Lee
Nov 6, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Martyna KaselaAnna Malm
Jan 1, 2018·Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)·Maria V RiquelmePeter Vikesland
May 27, 2021·International Journal of Microbiology·Arwa Mohammed OthmanHuda Zaid Al-Shami