Prevalence methıcıllın-resıstant staphylococcus aureus (Mrsa) nasal carrıage among healthy students of medıcal schools in istanbul (turkey)

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dc.contributor.authorTorun, M.M.
dc.contributor.authorBerk, S.
dc.contributor.authorArslan, U.
dc.contributor.authorYokuş, B.
dc.contributor.authorErden, A.
dc.contributor.authorCayıt, B.
dc.contributor.authorOnlen B.B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-19T14:33:21Z
dc.date.available2024-05-19T14:33:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentİstinye Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractNasal carriage of MRSA plays a key role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections. The aim of this study is to examine nasal MRSA carriage among healthy pre-clinical and clinical medical students at School of Medicine in Istanbul (Turkey). We also evaluate the antimicrobial resistance patterns of MRSA strains. In this study, involving 118 medical students, both pre-clinical (n:78) and clinical (n:40) at Bahçeşehir University, School of Medicine was conducted from October 2016 to June 2017. The volunteer students were screened for nasal carriage of S. aureus by streaking both anterior nares with sterile moistened cotton swabs. Then all nasal swabs and clinical specimens inoculated onto Chromagar MRSA and blood agar plate media and incubated at 35-37°C for 48 hours. The isolates were identified as S. aureus by standard coventional procedures. The antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates was determined using by the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method, according to the EUCAST panels. MRSA carriage among pre-clinical and clinical students were 7.6 % (6/78) and 7.5% (3/40) respectively. There was no statistical significant different between the two groups. Also all MRSA strains isolated from pre-clinical medical students were susceptible to chloramphenicol and tigecycline, whereas numbers of susceptible strain to tetracycline, ciprofloxacin and erythromycin were 5, 4 and 3, respectively. All isolates from clinical medical students also found susceptible to ciprofloxacine, tigecycline and chloramphenicol, only two strains were susceptible to both tetracycline and erythromycin. In conclusion, under the light of these preliminary findings of the study, focused MRSA surveillance to medical students like other health care workers as a potential sources for that pathogen must be in a consideration. There is no statistical significance between both groups, in term of nasal carriage of MRSA and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Therefore, this trial would be continued with the same student groups till to their internship period which they will be fully practice in the hospital. © 2018, Bulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria). All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage115en_US
dc.identifier.issn0204-8809
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85106239822en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage111en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12713/4199
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBulgarian Society for Microbiology (Union of Scientists in Bulgaria)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofActa Microbiologica Bulgaricaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240519_kaen_US
dc.subjectAntimicrobial Susceptibilityen_US
dc.subjectMedical Studentsen_US
dc.subjectMrsaen_US
dc.subjectNasal Carriageen_US
dc.titlePrevalence methıcıllın-resıstant staphylococcus aureus (Mrsa) nasal carrıage among healthy students of medıcal schools in istanbul (turkey)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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