American Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2150-42102150-4253Academic Journals Inc.10.3923/ajbmb.2012.190.194Micrococcus sciuri Strain JS 3 Isolated from a Nosocomial Infection]]>A. DongareChaitrali B. SalamatRameja S. GhoshJai 3201223Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Micrococcus aureus)
or better known as MRSA is well known. The organism has become a common name in
most of the nosocomial infections. This organism is also known to be resistant
to related antibiotics like cloxacillin and amoxicillin. The reverse is also true
that those strains resistant to cloxacillin and amoxicillin are also resistant
to methicillin. It has been hypothecated that this organism carries an extra chromosomal
DNA which is responsible for the methicillin resistant. This investigation attempts
to find whether such antibiotic resistance is also prevalent amongst related species
of Micrococcus. Using the above mentioned reports, experiments were designed
to find out in vitro resistance of Micrococcus sciuri strain JSG-1
which was isolated in our lab from a nosocomial infection case, to cloxacillin
and amoxicillin. It was found that this strain of Micrococcus sciuri showed
resistance to 5000 ppm of both cloxacillin and amoxicillin individually. The importance
of this finding is that hospitals must step up their sanitation practices to minimize
nosocomial infections by such resistant strains.]]>Atlas, R.M.,20043rd Edn.,Pages: 1282Pages: 1282Daini, O.A. and S.A. Akano,2009Staphylococcus aureus from patients and non patients.]]>4346350Grice, E.A., H.H. Kong, S. Conlan, C.B. Deming and J. Davis et al.,200932411901192Hiramatsu, K.,2001Staphylococcus aureus: A new model of antibiotic resistance.]]>1147155Wielders, C.L.C., A.C. Fluit, S. Brisse, J. Verhoef and F.J. Schmitz,2002Staphylococcus aureus population.]]>4039703975Gorwitz, R.J., D.B. Jernigan, J.H. Powers and J.A. Jernigan,20062006