Molecular characterization of multi-drug resistant coagulase negative cocci in non-hospital environment.

Antibiotic resistance crisis occasioned by sporadic appearance of multi-drug resistance (MDR) in human pathogens to clinically applied antimicrobials is a serious threat to global health. In this study, we investigated the drug resistant phenotype of Gram-positive cocci isolates from environment. Staphylococcus capitis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus colonies were isolated on mannitol-salt agar plates supplemented with tetracycline.