Open Access<p>Antibiotic Resistance and <em>mecA</em> Gene Characterization of Coagulase-negative <em>Staphylococci</em> Isolated from Clinical Samples in Nepal</p>
Author(s) -
Lok Bahadur Shrestha,
Narayan Bhattarai,
Keshav Rai,
Basudha Khanal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s274163
Subject(s) - cons , coagulase , agar dilution , sccmec , teicoplanin , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , linezolid , medicine , staphylococcus epidermidis , amikacin , antibiotic resistance , agar , staphylococcus , antimicrobial , antibiotics , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus aureus , biology , minimum inhibitory concentration , bacteria , computer science , genetics , programming language
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are a significant cause of hospital-acquired and foreign-body-related infections. We conducted this research to assess methicillin susceptibility of CoNS by disc diffusion, agar dilution, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods and to assess the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern.