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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Nepal.

Subedi S, Brahmadathan KN

Department of Microbiology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal, India.

Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (n = 117) from patients attending a tertiary care centre in western Nepal were tested for susceptibility to penicillin, oxacillin, gentamicin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. Eighteen (15.4%) were methicillin-resistant. Susceptibility among methicillin-resistant isolates varied from 0% (penicillin) to 16.6% (erythromycin and gentamicin), but varied among methicillin-susceptible isolates from 39.4% (penicillin) to 97.0% (ciprofloxacin). Fourteen (77.8%) of the methicillin-resistant isolates were resistant to all agents tested. Implementation of an appropriate antibiotic policy would reduce the risk of further development of antimicrobial resistance.

Published 17 February 2005 in Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(3): 235-7.
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