Open AccessIntroduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a gram-positive organism that is resistant to a class of antibiotics related to penicillin, which includes methicillin, oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and antibiotics susceptibility of MRSA in male inmates in kuje medium prison.
Method:Midstream urine samples were collected in sterile sample bottles. The container was labeled with the date, name, and number of inmates. Each sample was inoculated into mannitol salt agar plates and incubated at 37°C for 24 h. The characteristic isolates were aseptically isolated, characterized, and identified as Staphylococcus aureusby established microbiological procedures and conventional biochemical tests including: colony morphology (size and pigment), Gram staining, catalase test, coagulase tests, and manitol fermenting and sugerfamentation were done10.
Result: Out of the 200 samples collected, 120(60%) were Staphylococcus species. Out of this 120 Staphylococcus species, 97(80.8%) were Staphylococcus aureusand other S. spp(different from aureus) makes 23(19.2%) (See table 2).When the S.aureusisolates were subjected to oxacillin, 80(82.5%) were methicllin resistant. All the MRSA isolated were susceptible to gentamycin, erythromycin and vancomycin. They were however resistant to pencillin and oxacillin.
Conclusion: There is an increasing prevalence of Methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus as shown by this study, making MRSA to remains a clinically important isolate from virtually any location, including urine. To eradicate MRSA, there is need for more accurate technique for identifying this resistance strain and awareness on the danger of abuse of antibiotic drug.
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