title: Susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Malaysian hospitals.
abstract: Isolates of 390 Staphylococcus aureus were tested against 13 different antibiotics by a disc diffusion method as recommended by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). Strains were isolated from blood (5.7%), cerebrospinal fluid (0.5%), respiratory tract (11.8%), pus and wound (73.3%), urine (1.8%), genital specimens (1.0%) and other specimens (4.3%). Only 4.6% of the isolates were fully susceptible to all the drugs tested. Resistance to penicillin was 94.1%, methicillin, 39.7%, chloramphenicol, 8.5%, ciprofloxacin, 29.2%, clindamycin, 2.1%, erythromycin, 45.9% gentamicin, 40.5%; rifampicin, 3.3% tetracycline, 47.2%, co-trimoxazole, 38.5%, mupirocin, 2.8%, fusidic acid, 3.6%. None of the isolates was resistant to vancomycin. The susceptibility of methicillin-resistant strains to erythromycin, gentamicin, tetracycline and ciprofloxacin was low, while clindamycin, fusidic acid, mupirocin, and rifampicin remained active.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology Division, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Rohani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raudzah
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Zaidatul
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Salbiah
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Keah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noraini
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zainuldin
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents