Isolation and screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from health care workers in Libyan hospitals.
East Mediterr Health J
; 18(1): 37-42, 2012 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-22360009
ABSTRACT
This is the largest Libyan study to date to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among health care workers in Tripoli, Libya. A total of 569 doctors and nurses from 4 main hospitals were screened for MRSA with specimens collected from the anterior nares. Isolates from 109 of the 569 subjects (19%) were confirmed as MRSA by polymerase chain reaction assay; the majority (98/109) were from a general hospital. Antimicrobial resistance patterns tested by disk diffusion were as follows erythromycin (74%), ciprofloxacin (77%), clindamycin (20%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (50%), quinuprisin/dalfopristin (19%), vancomycin (12%) and mupirocin (5%). Eighteen isolates exhibited macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance (MLSB) 6 were MLSBi and 12 were MLSBc. The results provide evidence that Libyan health care workers could serve as MRSA carriers and play a role in the dissemination of MRSA to the public and other workers.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Recursos Humanos em Hospital
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Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Portador Sadio
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Programas de Rastreamento
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Profissional para o Paciente
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Líbia
País de publicação:
EG
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EGIPTO
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EGITO
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EGYPT