Microbiological identification of genes that have resistance to antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

Autores

  • Karina Lohaine Rodrigues de Melo Faculdade Maurício de Nassau
  • Samara de Alcântara Costa Faculdade Maurício de Nassau
  • Daniele Idalino Janebro Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Maria do Socorro Rocha Melo Peixoto Universidade Estadual da Paraíba
  • Bartolomeu Garcia de Souza Medeiros Professor of the Faculdade Maurício de Nassau
  • Valeska Silva Lucena Mauricio de Nassau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v14i2.9167

Palavras-chave:

Infection control. Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA Resistance

Resumo

Introduction: the hospital environment favors the acquisition of antimicrobial resistance, being important the aseptic environment and the control of carriers for reducing these infections. Species of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to antibiotics became a cosmopolitan problem due to its degree of virulence and the association with various diseases. These opportunistic microorganisms are usually found in the nasal cavities witch develop rapidly in the asymptomatic patients and, once reaching the hands, may spread rapidly among those patients who are in a state of immunosuppression. Objetive: therefore, this study aimed to identify the presence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the nostrils of health professionals in Campina Grande-PB. Methodology: for this purpose, it was collected 50 samples of nasal health professionals who had clinically healthy, with no sign of staphylococcal infection. Results: it was found that 28 of the 50 samples, or 56% were positive for S. aureus, and 12/28 samples (42.86%) were resistant to oxacillin and is therefore considered MRSA. Conclusion: the high levels of S. aureus among health professionals may contribute to the spread of this pathogen among immunosuppressed patients and, therefore, are necessary and essential preventive measures such as hand hygiene and nasal decolonization of MRSA carriers from those with mupirocin. 

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Biografia do Autor

Karina Lohaine Rodrigues de Melo, Faculdade Maurício de Nassau

Bacharel em Biomedicina

Samara de Alcântara Costa, Faculdade Maurício de Nassau

Bacharel em Biomedicina

Daniele Idalino Janebro, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Doutora em Farmacologia 

Maria do Socorro Rocha Melo Peixoto, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba

Doutora em Recursos Naturais

Bartolomeu Garcia de Souza Medeiros, Professor of the Faculdade Maurício de Nassau

 Doutor em Ciências Biológicas

Valeska Silva Lucena, Mauricio de Nassau

Doutoranda em Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), professora da Faculdade Mauricio de Nassau e Unesc Faculdades

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Publicado

2016-02-18

Como Citar

Rodrigues de Melo, K. L., Costa, S. de A., Janebro, D. I., Melo Peixoto, M. do S. R., de Souza Medeiros, B. G., & Lucena, V. S. (2016). Microbiological identification of genes that have resistance to antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus. Revista De Ciências Médicas E Biológicas, 14(2), 131–135. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v14i2.9167