Ghulam Mujtaba Siddiquei, Karamat Ahmed Karamat, Abdul Hannan.
Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus: A study at PAF Hospital Sargodha.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;10(4):26-8.

A reported increase in resistance to antimicrobial agents among Staphylococci, registered in many countries, prompted us to evaluate the situation in our setting. Three hundred and seventy two strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from a variety of clinical specimens during Dec, 1995 to Nov, 1996. Standard methodology using modified Kirby-Baur disk diffusion method was adopted. Eighty three (22.3%) non duplicate strains were found to be methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This prevalence of MRSA in Pakistan should not go without our serious concern. Over the last two decades, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been a major cause of nosocomial infections in Europe. Some countries have reported methicillin resistant Staphylococci to be as many as 50% of all nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus isolates [1]. Although the prevalence of MRSA in Pakistan has not yet approached that reported in Europe but for the last few years, there is increasing evidence that MRSA is becoming a significant endemic pathogen in our hospitals. A study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of MRSA in our setting.

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