ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Yasir Rasheed COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan
  • Kaleem Imdad COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan
  • Raheela Yasmin HITEC-IMS Taxila/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
  • Ambreen Gul HITEC-IMS Taxila/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
  • Aneela Jamil Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi Pakistan
  • Ummara Aslam COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71i3.5451

Keywords:

Antimicrobial, Islamabad, Pakistan, Staphylococcus aureus, Susceptibility

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of S. aureus in hospitalized patients of Islamabad.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Study Duration: Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Lab, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, from Sep 2017 to Sep 2018.

Methodology: A total of 500 samples were collected. The isolates were divided into four study groups according to their source of origin i.e. group 1 (dermal group), group 2 (nasal group), group 3 (blood group) and group 4 (urine group). Gram staining, catalase test and DNA se media analysis were done for validation of S. aureus. Disc diffusion test (for antibiotic susceptibility), Oxacillin disc test (to differentiate between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus) and minimal inhibitory concentration (for susceptibility to vancomycin), were performed.

Results: Degree of the prevalence of staphylococcus aureus was 21%, 17%, 9% and 8% in group 1, 2, 3 & 4 respectively. The overall prevalence of staphylococcus aureus was 19.5% in all isolates. The disc diffusion test showed the descending resistance pattern of isolates i.e. 100, 94, 94, 76, 58, 55, 47, 43, 40 and 37% for penicillin, ciprofloxacin, Kanamycin, erythromycin, tetracycline, oxazolidinone, sulfamethoxazole, doxycycline, clindamycin, and cipoxin respectively. Minimal inhibitory concentration found only one sample resistant at 2ug/l concentration of Vancomycin. Moreover, Oxacillin disc test showed 52% methicillin-susceptible
Staphylococcus aureus while 48.2% methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among all isolates.

Conclusion: There is an increase in the frequency of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Single vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus strain was also isolated.

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Published

30-06-2021

How to Cite

Rasheed, Y., Imdad, K., Yasmin, R., Gul, A., Jamil, A., & Aslam, U. (2021). ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 71(3), 1056–60. https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v71i3.5451

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