Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (MR-CoNS) Among Veterinarians and Veterinary Students

The aim of this work was to determine the nasal carriage of methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) among veterinarians and veterinary students. In addition, species distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, resistance genes and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCC...

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Published in:İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi
Main Authors: Mehmet Ali YILMAZ, Özkan ASLANTAŞ, Burçin ÖZER, Ebru Şebnem YILMAZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istanbul University 2015-01-01
Subjects:
Methicillin resistance
Staphylococcus spp.
veterinarian
veterinary students
nasal carriage
antibiotic susceptibility
Online Access:http://www.journals.istanbul.edu.tr/iuvfd/article/view/5000080363/5000074468
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Summary:The aim of this work was to determine the nasal carriage of methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) among veterinarians and veterinary students. In addition, species distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility, resistance genes and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) type of the isolates were also investigated. MR-CoNS were isolated from 43.8% (39/89) of veterinarians and 44.6% (37/83) of students. While all MR-CoNS isolates were susceptible to quinopristin-dalfopristine, 64.5% of the isolates showed multi-resistance. MR-CoNS strains carried single or various combinations of resistance genes. SCCmec type IV and V were the most common in MR-CoNS strains from both veterinarians and students. This study shows that the rate of nasal carriage of multi-resistant MR-CoNS carriage among veterinarians and veterinary students is high.
ISSN:0250-2836
0250-2836

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