Prevalence of Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of Antibiotic Resistance in Hemodialysis Patient in Kamkar Hospital in Qom City, (Iran) | Zendy

Shykholeslsm Nazanin | Zendy; Halimeh Ejraii | Zendy; Kiana Vafaei | Zendy; Shahram Arsang | Zendy; Hosein Saghafi | Zendy; Javad Khodadadi | Zendy; Mahnaz Tasjakori | Zendy

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Prevalence of Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus and Determination of Antibiotic Resistance in Hemodialysis Patient in Kamkar Hospital in Qom City, (Iran)

Author(s) -

Shykholeslsm Nazanin,

Halimeh Ejraii,

Kiana Vafaei,

Shahram Arsang,

Hosein Saghafi,

Javad Khodadadi,

Mahnaz Tasjakori

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

qom univ med sci j

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2008-1375

pISSN - 1735-7799

DOI - 10.29252/qums.12.3.66

Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , medicine , hemodialysis , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics

Methods: In this descriptive study, 244 hemodialysis patients (under hemodialysis in Kamkar Hospital in Qom), were included. Patients’ information were collected using a questionnaire, then, nasal swabs were taken from the depth of the anterior nasal vestibule and were cultured. To perform antibiogram, discs of vancomycin, erythromycin, clindamycin, cefazolin, cotrimoxazole, doxycycline, rifampin, methicillin, and imipenem, were used.

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