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Antibiogram and detection of <i>mec</i>A gene among MRSA at Specialist Hospital Sokoto

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Antimicrobial resistance

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Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become more widespread all over the world and it is important to determine methicillin resistance genes in different regions. The major goals of this work were to identify the mec-A gene related with MRSA and to assess the antibiogram of clinical isolates of S. aureus. Methods: Using normal microbiological techniques, 30 clinical Staphylococcal isolates from various specimens were processed to isolate S. aureus. The antibiotic susceptibility test was completed using the Kirby-Bauer disc-diffusion method in accordance with EUCAST criteria. Cefoxitin (30 g) discs were used to screen for MRSA isolates, and the standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify the mec-A gene. Results: Staphylococcus aureus predominance was 66.6 percent (n = 20) among the 30 bacterial growths. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence was 100% (n = 20), and multidrug resistance was present in 85% (17/20) of the cases (MDR). The majority of the S. aureus isolates were resistant to penicillin (95.2%), cefoxitin (100%), tigecycline (60%) and the combination antibiotics quinipristin-dalfopristin (50%) as well as tobramycin (30) and trimethoprim-methotrexate (20). The results of the PCR show that four out of the twelve isolates analyzed were mecA gene. Conclusion: Without taking antibiotic resistance into account and avoiding antibiotic use, fighting these superbugs won't be achievable. This might quickly escalate into an unmanageable situation. According to this study, MRSA is more common than previously believed and about 80% of isolates are multidrug resistant.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2022.150608.1350

Keywords

Key words: MecA, MRSA, Multidrug, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Staphylococcus aureus

Authors

First Name

Isah

Last Name

Musa

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Department of microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences Kebbi state university of science and technology Aleiro

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isatactics@gmail.com

City

Birnin kebbi

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0000-0003-1274-8772

First Name

Murtala

Last Name

Saadu

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Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero

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murtalasaadu@gmail.com

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Kebbi

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First Name

Fatima

Last Name

Jibril

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-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life sciences, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero

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fatimajibri7@gmail.com

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Sokoto

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Volume

4

Article Issue

3

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42578

Issue Date

2023-08-01

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2022-07-17

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2023-08-01

Page Start

800

Page End

808

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_253360.html

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1,157

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Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Antibiogram and detection of <i>mec</i>A gene among MRSA at Specialist Hospital Sokoto

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25 Dec 2024