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Nosocomial infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Palestine.

Adwan K, Abu-Hasan N, Adwan G, Jarrar N, Abu-Shanab B, Abu-Zant A

Department of Biological Sciences, An-Najah N. University, Nablus, Palestine. adwank@yahoo.com

This report presents the prevalence of Palestinian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in nosocomial infections and their antibiotic resistant pattern. A total of 321 clinical isolates of S. aureus were identified from different patients. The prevalence of methicillin resistance among S. aureus isolates was 8.7% (28 isolates). Resistance rates of MRSA to other antibiotics were as follows: 82.1% resistant to erythromycin, 67.9% to clindamycin, 64.3% to gentamicin, and 32.1% to ciprofloxacin. No co-trimoxazole- and vancomycin-resistant isolates were identified in this study. The proportion of methicillin resistance was highest among S. aureus isolates associated with upper respiratory specimens (42.8%); the proportion of methicillin resistance was 39.3% among skin ulcer isolates, 10.7% among urinary tract infection isolates, and lowest among isolates associated with blood and prostate discharge (3.6% each).

Published 16 March 2005 in Microb Drug Resist, 11(1): 75-7.
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