MIC trends of vancomycin and teicoplanin among methicillin resistant CoNS isolates from new born blood cultures in a tertiary care centre in Southern India.

Background And Objectives: Coagulase-negative-Staphylococci (CoNS) are important etiological agent of bacteraemia in newborn babies. Methicillin resistant CoNS infections have only limited treatment options. The antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Methicillin Resistant CoNS isolates from newborn blood cultures was studied with special reference to MICs of Vancomycin and Teicoplanin.

Genotyping of isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Cochin, South India.

poses a significant challenge in healthcare settings across the globe, with isolates exhibiting carbapenem resistance at unprecedented rates. Here, we characterized a collection of isolates (=64) recovered during the period September 2020 - November 2021 at a teaching hospital in Cochin, South India. The species identity of the isolates was confirmed with PCR.