DISTRIBUTION OF METHICILLIN - RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM PATIENT MATERIAL.docVIP

Original article PART OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM PATIENT MATERIAL Jovan Orlovic, Marina Dinic and Branislava Kocic Investigation comprised multivarious patient material like: swabs of wounds, eyes, ears, puncture fluid, aspirate, peritoneal liquid, blood and liquor samples. Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus in nefrologic patients amounted to 21,71% and Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) to 53,14% in 2003, of which methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was present in 63,27 and MRCoNS in 64,52% of cases. In surgical patients, the distribution of Staphylococcus aureus for the same period amounted to 22,75 and KNS to 18,11%, while MRSA was registered in 63,27 and MRCoNS 66,67% of cases. In 2004, the distribution of Staphylococcus aureus was 11,11 and KNS 24,07%. In nephrology patients, MRSA was present in 52,77 of cases and MRCoNS in 82,05%. In surgical patients, the distribution of Staphylococcus aureus was 43,38 and CoNS 35,29%, of which MRSA was present in 67,79 and MRCoNS in 81,25% of cases. In outpatients, the distribution of Staphylococcus aureus amounted to 26,02 and KNS to 12,07%, of which MRSA was present in 35,31 of cases and MRKNS in 53,65% of cases. The highest degree of resistance to other tested antibiotics was reported in nephrology patients. In these cases, in 2005, the resistance of MRSA to clindamycin was 81,82, erythromycin 90,91, ofloxacin 88,82%. Acta Medica Medianae 2008;47(2):10-14. Key words: MRSA, MRCoNS, resistant, hospital isolates, outpatient isolates Department for mikrobiology of Faculty of Medicine in Nis concern because of its intrinsic virulence, its ability to cause a diverse array of life-threatening infections, and its capacity to adapt to different environmental conditions (4,5). The mortality of S. aureus bacteremia remains approximately 20– Contact: Jovan Orlovi?, Mramorsko brdo bb, 18251 Mramor, Ni