Detection of inducible clindamycin resistance (MLSBi) among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Libya

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) first emerged as nosocomial pathogens in the early 1960s are of great concern to public health and highly reported in human clinical samples. There are major international concerns about rising levels of MRSA and multi-drug resistant S. aureus owing to the difficulties of treating infections and the ease with which MRSA spreads within hospitals. Until recently, most infections of MRSA were acquired primarily in hospital settings, but now MRSA is responsible for both hospital and community-acquired infections. The objective of this study was to investigate MRSA collected isolates for MLSB phenotypes, in particular inducible clindamycin resistance (MLSB_i).

(Published: 13 January 2010)

Citation: Libyan J Med 2010, 5: 4636 - DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.4636