Publications by authors named "Gaitha Al Mahruqi"
Article Synopsis
- A study in Oman aimed to estimate the prevalence of health care associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) by collecting nasal swabs and cell phone swabs from medical students and healthcare providers.
- Out of 311 participants, 15.1% had nasal colonization with HA-MRSA, and 9.0% of cell phone surfaces tested positive for HA-MRSA, with 1.6% showing positive results in both nasal and phone samples.
- The study found high antibiotic resistance rates, with 48% resistant to erythromycin and 29% resistant to clindamycin, but no significant correlations were observed between HA-MRSA presence and demographic or health-related risk factors.
Background: The prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [CA-MRSA] is unknown in Oman.
Methods: Nasal and cell phones swabs were collected from hospital visitors and health-care workers on sterile polyester swabs and directly inoculated onto a mannitol salt agar containing oxacillin, allowing growth of methicillin-resistant microorganisms. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed using Kirby Bauer's disc diffusion method on the isolates.