ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

C.V. Vidhya1-2 and S. Niren Andrew3
1Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
2Department of Microbiology, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai – 8, India.
3Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2012;6(3):1357-1361
© The Author(s). 2012
Received: 25/02/2012 | Accepted: 02/04/2012 | Published: 30/09/2012
Abstract

Coagulase positive Staphylococci (COPS) were serious pathogens for many decades but coagulase negative Staphylococci (CONS) were thought to be laboratory contaminants or commensals and were not considered important in pathological studies. Currently CONS have also emerged as potential pathogens causing various diseases ranging from mild infections like eye and wound infections to fatal diseases like UTI, endocarditis, polymer associated infections etc. Multi-drug resistant strains of both coagulase positive and negative Staphylococci have been developed. Comparative study of their antibiograms hence has become indispensable. All the multidrug resistant strains are found to be sensitive for linezolids and chloramphenicol.

Keywords

Multi drug resistant Staphylococci, Coagulase, Antibiogram

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