Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University
This study was carried out to investigate the Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) nasal carriage and the presence of methicillin resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (MR-CoNS) among health sciences students at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A total of 1...
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| author | Pung, Hui Ping Mat Azis, Norhidayah Abdul Rachman, Abdul Rahim Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura Amin Nordin, Syafinaz Suhaili, Zarizal Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir |
| author_facet | Pung, Hui Ping Mat Azis, Norhidayah Abdul Rachman, Abdul Rahim Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura Amin Nordin, Syafinaz Suhaili, Zarizal Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir |
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| description | This study was carried out to investigate the Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) nasal carriage and the presence of methicillin resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (MR-CoNS) among health sciences students at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A total of 120 isolates of CoNS (62.5%) was isolated from 192 student volunteers. The mecA gene was detected in 15 isolates of CoNS (12.5%). Eight out of the 15 isolates of mecA positive CoNS were resistant to cefoxitin in disc diffusion test whereas the remaining seven isolates of mecA positive CoNS were susceptible to cefoxitin. Analysis of questionnaires showed no significant association between CoNS nasal carriage and the socio-demographic and risk factors except for the genders and history of cold (P < 0.050). Generally, this finding showed a relatively low level of methicillin resistance among CoNS nasal carriage from student volunteers. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-628352022-11-10T07:17:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62835/ Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University Pung, Hui Ping Mat Azis, Norhidayah Abdul Rachman, Abdul Rahim Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura Amin Nordin, Syafinaz Suhaili, Zarizal Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir This study was carried out to investigate the Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) nasal carriage and the presence of methicillin resistant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (MR-CoNS) among health sciences students at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. A total of 120 isolates of CoNS (62.5%) was isolated from 192 student volunteers. The mecA gene was detected in 15 isolates of CoNS (12.5%). Eight out of the 15 isolates of mecA positive CoNS were resistant to cefoxitin in disc diffusion test whereas the remaining seven isolates of mecA positive CoNS were susceptible to cefoxitin. Analysis of questionnaires showed no significant association between CoNS nasal carriage and the socio-demographic and risk factors except for the genders and history of cold (P < 0.050). Generally, this finding showed a relatively low level of methicillin resistance among CoNS nasal carriage from student volunteers. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2017-03 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62835/1/Presence%20of%20methicillin%20resistance%20.pdf Pung, Hui Ping and Mat Azis, Norhidayah and Abdul Rachman, Abdul Rahim and Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura and Amin Nordin, Syafinaz and Suhaili, Zarizal and Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin and Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir (2017) Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University. Tropical Biomedicine, 34 (1). pp. 84-88. ISSN 0127-5720 https://msptm.org/files/Vol34No1/084-088-Mohd-Desa-MN.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Pung, Hui Ping Mat Azis, Norhidayah Abdul Rachman, Abdul Rahim Tengku Jamaluddin, Tengku Zetty Maztura Amin Nordin, Syafinaz Suhaili, Zarizal Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin Mohd Desa, Mohd Nasir Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title | Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title_full | Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title_fullStr | Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title_short | Presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) isolates obtained from health sciences students at a Public University |
| title_sort | presence of methicillin resistance and heteroresistance among coagulase negative staphylococci cons isolates obtained from health sciences students at a public university |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62835/1/Presence%20of%20methicillin%20resistance%20.pdf |
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