Hastane Çalışanlarında Staphylococcus Aureus Nazal Taşıyıcılığı ve İndüklenebilir Klindamisin Direnci

Staphylococcus aureus the major pathogen in causing nosocomial infections, settled in nasal area primarily. Our studyis conducted to evaluate the carriage rate of S. aureus in hospital staff, the antibiotic sensitivity of the pathogen and therisk factors associated with carriage. Between December 2012 and January 2013, a total of 98 Kayseri Training andResearch Hospital Chest Clinic staff’s nasal swabs were tested. Identification and antibiotic susceptibility tests by diskdiffusion method for S. aureus were conducted in accordance with the guidelines of Clinical and Laboratory StandardsInstitute (CLSI). Inducible clindamycin resistance was detected by the D-test. S. aureus carriage rate was determined as15%. There was no association between risk factors analysed for carriage. Of the isolates, 13.3% showed inducibleclindamycin resistance. None of the 15 isolates had antibiotic resistance (vancomycin, gentamicin, rifampicin,teicoplanin, and trimethoprim-suifamethoxazole) except erythromycin and clindamycin. There was no methicillinresistance detected in our study. As a result of this study was gratifying absence of MRSA, despite remarkable rate ofinducible clindamycin resistance carriers.