Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in a teaching hospital of Karachi--a laboratory study
Ashiq, B.; Tareen, A.K.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 39(1): 6-9
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 2498549 Document Number: 337525
A search was made for Methicillin Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) among staph aureus cultures isolated at a teaching hospital in Karachi. Of 100 staphylococcus aureus isolated in 1987-88, 5 were MRSA, four from admitted patients and one from outpatient. These MRSA were resistant to Gentamicin as well as to other antibiotics. The presence of MRSA in the in-patients is a serious problem as it can act as reservoir to cause outbreak of colonisation and infection. No MRSA was isolated from 50 samples studied from Quetta.
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