Prevalenoe of Drug - Resistant Staphylococci in Teheran University Hospital Wards

Abstract

1) Fifty coagulase posittve strains of staphylococc~~ ~folated fr.o~ .the nose"nand wrist of Hospital nurses have been examined for sensltfvlty to pemcilhn, tetracyclines,"nchloramphenicol, dihydrostreptomycin, erythrorriycm, neomycin, kana.n:ycin,"nbacitracin, polymyxin-B and the triple sulfa. The percentages of fully sensittve strains at the present are as followe:                                       Erythromycin                                       100%"nNeomycin                                             78%"nKanamycin                                            78%"nChloramphenicol                                     68%"nDihydrostreptomycin                               52%"nPenicillin                                                18%"nTetracyclines                                         16%"nPolymyxin-B                                            1%"nTriple sulfa                                              0%"n2) The following topics have been discussed:"na) The origin anr" mechanism of drug resistance"nb) Cross-resistr.nee"nc) The hospital epidemiology of Staphylococcus"nd) The clinical implications of Staphylococcus drug-resistanc

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