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- Title
High Prevalence of Nasal carriage of Methicillin Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci among Medical Students in a Tertiary Care Institution in North India.
- Authors
Khatter, Sonia; Kumar, Awadhesh; Madhumidha, CV; Yadav, Shruti; Kaur, Iqbal R
- Abstract
Introduction: MBBS students during rotational clinical postings run the risk of being colonised by critical hospital pathogens such as Methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRSA and MRCoNS). Methods: This study was conducted on 150 undergraduate MBBS students from August to September 2018 to determine prevalence of nasal colonization rates of MRSA /MRCoNS in them. One sterile cotton tipped swab per student was used to collect specimen from the anterior nares. This was inoculated on 5 % Sheep Blood agar. Isolated suspected Staphylococci colonies were speciated and Methicillin resistance was determined by disc diffusion tests as per standard protocols. Overall prevalence of MRCoNS (22%) among students was significantly higher compared to MRSA(4%). MRCoNS colonisation was also significantly higher in clinic going students. Conclusion: Compared to MRSA, little information is available on epidemiology of CoNS/MRCoNS among healthcare workers as these bacteria are considered harmless commensals. Findings of this study suggest that those involved in patient care including medical students may be carriers of MRCoNS similar to MRSA and could be potential sources of infection to vulnerable patients.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 3, p304
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/ijphrd.v13i3.18219