Nasal carriers of staphylococcus aureus neonatology and burned unit

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a common pathogen from infections of the type nosocomial, their presence in critical hospital areas represents a significant risk for the patients his variant methicillin-resistant (MRSA) expresses the determinant mecA gene that confers resistance to beta-lactams and their derivatives; the identification of healthcare personnel bearer of this bacterium was theobjective of the present research work carried out at the General Hospital Isidro Ayora of Loja, the population were personnel of the area of Neonatology and Burned Unit. In order to analyze and identify the MRSA; conventional bacteriological techniques and regulations standardized by the CLSI: JE protocol manual M100-S24 were used. The sample under study carne from 54 individuals who fulfilled with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. There were not isolated methicillin-resistant strains, nevertheless it was detected that 31.82% of the health personnel of the Burned Area is a nasal carrier of S. aureus as well as the 59.38% of the Neonatology personnel. The greatest frequency of nasal carriers of this bacterium is male 60%; and according to the occupation,68. 75% of the nursing personnel is nasal carrier of S. aureus