Prevalence of multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus among medical students compared to healthcare workers in Benghazi city-2013

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Rashad S. Jaweesh

Libyan International Medical University, Libya

: J Immunol Tech Infect Dis

Abstract

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Methacillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a global concern since 1970s then year by year many other resistant forms has been reported, usually it’s very difficult to distinguish between community or nosocomial sources specially in the developing countries due to complete or relative absence of infection control units, hence a total of 125 nasal swabs were collected from 25 final year’s medical students who weren’t enrolled to hospitals or hospitalized. In addition to other healthcare workers (physicians, nurses, patients and workers) 25 of each, all samples were cultivated on Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA), identified, and sensitivity determined. Community samples were 17% positive for S. aureus, while overall hospital samples shows 39% positive in the following order (heart unit staff represented 30%, followed by pediatrics 26%, wards 20%, finally emergency 17%). Sensitivity testing applied for (Methacillin, Vancomycin, Meropeneme, azithromycin and cefotaxime) Neither methacillin nor vancomycin (MRSA, VRSA) as well as azithromycin resistant species has been reported among community source while 36% of hospital samples shared the resistance of methacillin (MRSA) as well as azithromycin while 4% were vancomycin resistant (VRSA), Meropeneme was 100% sensitive in community samples while it shows just 7% resistance in hospitals but all isolated samples were resistant to cefotaxime. From the following data hospital showed a highly contagious environment for spreading of multidrug resistant species such as (VRSA and MRSA) so a strict infection control measures must be reviewed or initiated before it’s too late, as almost study coved all the governmental hospitals in Benghazi.

Biography

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Rashad S. Jaweesh has been a Ph. D scholar in 2014 at the age of 27 years from Al-Gazera University and he has a master degree on medical microbiology from the University of Medical Science and Technology in addition to another master degree on immunology from Tropical Medicine Department at Sudan Academy of Science. He is the head of medical microbiology department at the Faculty of Basic Medical Science in Libyan International Medical University, an executive on the Sudan Union of Clinical Laboratory Scientists, in addition to be a member in the Sudan Society for Microbiology.

E mail: rashadjaweesh@gmail.com