title: Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in a teaching hospital of Karachi--a laboratory study.
abstract: A search was made for Methicillin Resistant Strains of Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) among staph aureus cultures isolated at a teaching hospital in Karachi. Of 100 staphylococcus aureus isolated in 1987-88, 5 were MRSA, four from admitted patients and one from outpatient. These MRSA were resistant to Gentamicin as well as to other antibiotics. The presence of MRSA in the in-patients is a serious problem as it can act as reservoir to cause outbreak of colonisation and infection. No MRSA was isolated from 50 samples studied from Quetta.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ashiq
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tareen
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010154:Pakistan; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D008712:Methicillin