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Prevalence of multidrug-resistant, coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus in nasal carriage, food, wastewater and paper currency in Jalandhar city (north-western), an Indian state of Punjab

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Development of multidrug-resistant pattern in the bacterial community is a major threat to the society. Staphylococcus aureus is perhaps the pathogen of the greatest concern because of its inherent virulence, its ability to cause a diverse array of life-threatening situations and capacity to adapt to different environmental conditions. The aims of this study is to investigate the multidrug-resistant pattern of the coagulase-positive S. aureus isolated from nasal carriage, food, paper currency and wastewater samples. We had also studied the multiple antibiotic resistance index and in vitro production of β-lactamase. The study had found out 130 coagulase-positive S. aureus strains isolated from total of 595 samples such as anterior nares of preschool children (195), hospital nurses (100), drivers (76), food (86), wastewater (3) and paper currency (135) (Indian rupee). The biotypes pattern were as follows; A > D > B > C> UT. Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) value clearly defines the multidrug-resistant pattern of the S. aureus among different sources. Statistical analysis (one-way ANOVA) of results obtained indicated that the difference in the antibiotic resistance observed in the 130 bacterial isolates against the 23 different antibiotics used in this study was statically significant (p < 0.01).

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We are thankful to the Super Religare Laboratories, Beas, for providing reference strain of S. aureus ATCC-25923 for this study.

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  1. Faculty of Microbiology, School of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India

    Harsh Kumar

  2. Department of Health, Civil Hospital, Sangrur, 148001, India

    Rajdeep Palaha

  3. School of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India

    Navreet Kaur

  4. School of Biotechnology and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, 144411, Punjab, India

    Wankhede Swapnil Ratnakar, Aakanksha Sodi, Manmeet Kaur, Richa Katiyar, Mamta Sharma, Charanpreet Kaur & Virendra Kumar

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Kumar, H., Palaha, R., Kaur, N. et al. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant, coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus in nasal carriage, food, wastewater and paper currency in Jalandhar city (north-western), an Indian state of Punjab. Environ Monit Assess 187, 4134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4134-6

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