<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>njbms</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle> <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN> <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 2, Issue 3</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>January - March 2012</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Microbiology</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATED FROM CARRIERS EXPOSED AND NOT EXPOSEDTO HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>242</FirstPage> <LastPage>245</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Renushri B.</FirstName> <LastName>V.</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Saha</FirstName> <LastName>Avinandan</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Nagraj E.</FirstName> <LastName>R.</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Krishnamurthy</FirstName> <LastName>Veena</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Aims: Staphylococcus aureus constitutes a considerable fraction of normal human microflora. This study evaluated the carriage of S. aureus in individuals exposed and not exposed to a hospital environment and compared their antimicrobial resistance patterns.Materials and Methods: Swabs were collected from the nose, throat and web-spaces of 119 nursing students of the age group 18-23 years (exposed group) and 100 age matched pharmacy students (non-exposed group). S. aureus was identified phenotypically and antibiogram obtained as per Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.Results: Resistance to penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazole and gentamicin were 77.2%,31.8%, 13.6%, 34.1%, 45.5% and 9.1%respectively in the exposed group, and 83.3%, 22.2%, 11.1%,19.4%, 19.4% and 5.6% respectively in the non- exposed group. 40.9% and 11.1% S. aureus were methicillin resistant in the exposed and non-exposed groups respectively. Resistance to tetracycline was observed only in isolates from the non-exposed group. None of the isolates showed resistance to vancomycin, teicoplanin, netilmicin and linezolid in the two groups.Conclusion: The results of this study could aid clinicians in considering appropriate options for empiric antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of both hospital and community acquired S. aureus infections.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Staphylococcus aureus,Antibiogram of S. aureus,S. aureus carriers.</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=7057&title=ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ISOLATED FROM CARRIERS EXPOSED AND NOT EXPOSEDTO HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>