scholarly journals Study of Antibiotic Resistance Pattern in Coagulase-negative Staphylococci strains Isolated from Clinical Specimens

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Yousef Nami ◽  
Mehdi Ghiami Rad ◽  
Hamid Farah Bakhsh ◽  
Nazila Imeni ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Resistance Pattern ◽  
Coagulase Negative Staphylococci ◽  
Clinical Specimens ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern

scholarly journals Plasmid analysis as an epidemiological tool in neurosurgical infections with coagulase-negative staphylococci

1987 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åke Örtqvist ◽  
Ulrika Ransjö ◽  
Bengt Wretlind
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Resistance Pattern ◽  
Enzyme Analysis ◽  
Restriction Enzyme Analysis ◽  
Coagulase Negative Staphylococci ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern ◽  
Plasmid Analysis ◽  
Epidemiological Tool ◽  
Resistance To Penicillin ◽  
Different Strains

SUMMARYCoagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood or spinal fluid during a period of 1 year in a department of neurosurgery, were analysed by biotyping, antibiotic resistance pattern and plasmid profiles. Altogether 41 isolates from 19 patients were studied. About 90% of the isolates wereStaphylococcus epidermidis. The antibiotic resistance pattern seemed to be closely related to antibiotic usage in the unit. Most common was resistance to penicillin (63%), trimethoprimsulphamethoxazole (49%) and cloxacillin (39%) while resistance to gentamicin was seen in only one strain.In several cases species and antibiograms were identical in isolates from different patients. Plasmid pattern analysis could then be used for identification of different strains. In one instance, plasmid pattern and restriction enzyme analysis confirmed that two patients probably were infected by the same strain.

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