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PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUSAUREUS (MRSA) IN COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PRIMARY PYODERMA | ||
| Journal of Al-Nahrain University - Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-106 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mariam K. Ali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Although prevalence of MRSA strains is reported to be increasing, there are no studies of their prevalence in community-acquired primary pyodermas in Iraq. Aims: This study aimed at determining the prevalence of MRSA infection in community-acquired primary pyodermas. Methods: prospective survey carried out in Dermatology Department of Baghdad Teaching Hospital in Baghdad. Materials and Methods: Eighty-six patients with primary pyoderma, visiting the dermatology outpatient, were studied clinically and microbiologically. Sensitivity testing was done for vancomycin, sisomycin, gentamicin, framycetin, erythromycin, methicillin, cefazolin, cefuroxime, penicillin G and ciprofloxacin. Results: The culture positivity rate was 83.7%. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in all cases except two. Barring one, all strains of Staphylococcus aureus were sensitive to methicillin. Conclusions: Methicillin resistance is uncommon in community-acquired primary pyodermas in Baghdad. Treatment with antibacterial active against MRSA is probably unwarranted for community-acquired primary pyodermas. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Community; acquired primary pyoderma; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus | ||
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