Babafemi, EO, David, OM, Oluduro, AO and Famurewa, O (2014) Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospitalized patients and apparently healthy individuals in Ekiti and Ondo States, Nigeria. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, 4 (11). ISSN 2230 – 7885

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Abstract

The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitalized patients and apparently healthy individuals was investigated in two western states of Nigeria using standard microbiological methods. One thousand and two hundred non-repeat isolates of S. aureus were recovered from the subjects. At varying degrees the isolates were resistant to cotrimoxazole (54.8%), augmentin (36.9%), pefloxacin (35.9%), gentamycin (28.3%), erythromycin (24.9%), vancomycin (10.3%), ofloxacin (5.2%) and ciprofloxacin (0.3%). One hundred and fifty six (13.0%) were resistant to methicillin out of which 4.8% and 8.2% were from healthy individuals and patients respectively. There was no correlation between prevalence of MRSA and age or sex (p < 0.05). There was no correlation between the antibiotic resistance pattern in MRSA from healthy volunteers and patients (P < 0.05). A total of 9.0%, 12.2% and 21.2% of the MRSA were resistant to 3, 4 and 5 antibiotics respectively. Antibacterial activities of five biocides examined using agar diffusion method showed that 38.5%, 53.2%, 59.6%, 61.5% and 71.8% of the MRSA were not inhibited by Izal®, Morigad®, Septol®, Dettol® and Purit® respectively, at concentrations two times higher than the in-use concentration. This finding points to the fact that MRSA occurs among patients and in the communities in the study areas, which calls for a public health concern and awareness.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions:	Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher:	Lawrence Press
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2019 09:30
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 09:00
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11198

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