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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">PIJR</journal-id>
			<journal-title>Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research</journal-title>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2250 - 1991</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="other">pijr-7-1-8576</article-id>
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					<subject>Original Research Paper</subject>
				</subj-group>
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			<title-group>
				<article-title>Antibiogram of Staphylococcus aureus from pus samples in a tertiary care hospital</article-title>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>V.</surname>
							<given-names>Ingole</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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							<sup></sup>
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						</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>Bhakti</surname>
							<given-names>Chiluvery</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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							<sup></sup>
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						</contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub">
				<month>January</month>
				<year>2018</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>7</volume>
			<issue>1</issue>
			<fpage>01</fpage>
			<lpage>02</lpage>
			<abstract>
				<title>ABSTRACT</title>
				<p><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;bottom:0in;margin&ndash;bottom:.0001pt;text&ndash;indent:&#10;.5in;line&ndash;height:200%&quot;><i><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:200%;&#10;font&ndash;family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso&ndash;ascii&ndash;theme&ndash;font:major&ndash;latin;mso&ndash;hansi&ndash;theme&ndash;font:&#10;major&ndash;latin;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;family:Arial&quot;>Staphylococcus aureus </span></i><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:200%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso&ndash;ascii&ndash;theme&ndash;font:major&ndash;latin;mso&ndash;hansi&ndash;theme&ndash;font:major&ndash;latin;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;family:&#10;Arial&quot;>is amongst the most dangerous human pathogens, including bacteremia, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, meningitis, etc. The overuse of antibiotics and incompliance with the drug courses have resulted into antibiotic resistance amongst these microorganisms. Present study demonstrates the changing trends in antibiotic susceptibility amongst the <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>Staphylococcus aureus</i> species isolated from pus samples from various clinical units in a tertiary care hospital. A retrospective study was conducted for a period of 2 years for the isolation of <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>S.aureus</i> species. Various antibiotics were tested against <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:&#10;normal&quot;>S.aureus</i> based on CLSI guidelines. A total of 275 <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>S.aureus</i> strains were isolated out of which 163 (59%) were Methicillin&ndash;resistant <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA). A rise in the occurrence of Methicillin&ndash;sensitive <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MSSA) has also been observed with an increase in resistance to various antibiotics amongst them. <i style=&quot;mso&ndash;bidi&ndash;font&ndash;style:normal&quot;>S.aureus</i> showed highest sensitivity to Vancomycin (30&micro;g) followed by Gentamicin (10&micro;g) and Cotrimoxazole (1.25/23.75 &micro;g).<o:p></o:p></span></p></p>
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