Ayaz Hussain Qureshi, Mohammad Ashraf Qamar, Munawar Hussain Marri, Nadir Ali, Aamir Ijaz.
Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;50(2):91-3.

Staphylococcus Aureus, an ubiquitous organism is one of the commonest pathogens encountered in nosocomial and community acquired infections in our clinical practices. Methicillin resistant Staphylococci are resistant to commonly used anti-Staphylococcal antibiotics in addition to B-lactamase susceptible penicillin It is of immense importance to know the behaviour of Staphylococcus Aureus in our setting. A few studies have been reported from upper central Punjab and lower Sindh in Pakistan. This study was planed to evaluate magnitude of MRSA at Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Quetta Balochistan. Methicillin resistance was studied by modified Kirby-Bauer method in 1716 consecutive, non-duplicate clinical isolates of Staphylococcus Aureus identified by standard microbiological methodology between April 1996 and April 2000. 5.01 one percent of the isolates exhibited Methicillin resistance. A significant population of Staphylococcus Aureus causing clinical infections at CMH Quetta is methicillin resistant.

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