VANCOMYCIN INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPP. COLONIZATION IN HANDS OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITALS IN KOLKATA, INDIA

Autor: Monalisa Majumdar, Avranil Goswami, Surangana Saha, Nishith Kumar Pal, Urmita Charaborty
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 3:8322-8327
ISSN: 2278-4802
2278-4748
DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2014/3049
Popis: AIMS: The emerging threat of widespread vancomycin resistance pose a serious public health concern. The objective of this study was to find the existence of vancomycin intermediateresistant Staphylococcus spp (VIS) colonization in hands of health care workers. METHODS: 1284 isolates of Staphylococcus spp, from the fingers of 528 health care workers (HCW) of two tertiary level Government hospitals, were studied to identify the reduced susceptibility of vancomycin by minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) determination. RESULTS: The result indicated that 1058(82.39%) isolates have MICs of ≤4μg/ml and 226 (17.56%) isolates have MICs ≥4 μg/ml (but
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