Abstract

 

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of slime producingand to determine the mupirocin and other antibiotic susceptibilities of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) strains isolated from nasal samples of patients on CAPD. This study was conducted at the Inonu University Medical Center, Microbiology Laboratory, Malatya, Turkey, between December 2007 and April 2008. Nasal swab cultures were taken from 72 CAPD patients to establish the prevalence of nasal staphylococci carriage. Fifty-one (70.8%) nasal culture were positive for staphylococci species. Between them 45 (76.2%) strains were identified as CNS and 14 (23.7%) strains were identified as S. aureus . Nineteen cultures were slime positive. The methicillin resistance rate for CNS strains was detected as 93% and S. aureus strains was detected as 50%. Five of the staphylococci strains were resistant to mupirocin. Resistance to multiple antibiotics was detected in both the slime producing and methicillin resistant staphylococci. Detection of staphylococci nasal carriage in CAPD patients and to get all precautions may be useful to prevent the infections with these microorganisms.

Key Words: Staphylococcus Carriage, Slime, Antibiotic Resistance