title: Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Nepal.
abstract: Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (n = 117) from patients attending a tertiary care centre in western Nepal were tested for susceptibility to penicillin, oxacillin, gentamicin, erythromycin and ciprofloxacin. Eighteen (15.4%) were methicillin-resistant. Susceptibility among methicillin-resistant isolates varied from 0% (penicillin) to 16.6% (erythromycin and gentamicin), but varied among methicillin-susceptible isolates from 39.4% (penicillin) to 97.0% (ciprofloxacin). Fourteen (77.8%) of the methicillin-resistant isolates were resistant to all agents tested. Implementation of an appropriate antibiotic policy would reduce the risk of further development of antimicrobial resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Subedi
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Brahmadathan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents