Open AccessA Comparative Analysis of Community Acquired and Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Author(s) -
P R Vysakh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5302.3139
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , cefoxitin , clindamycin , microbiology and biotechnology , linezolid , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , penicillin , vancomycin , antibiotics , medicine , sccmec , antibiotic resistance , meticillin , biology , antibacterial agent , micrococcaceae , bacteria , genetics
Staphylococcus aureus has developed resistance against most of the therapeutic agents. The most notable example of this phenomenon was the emergence of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We are reporting the prevalence and the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the MRSA isolates from a tertiary care hospital.