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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2279-2280, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01834-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mupirocin Resistance among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Colonized Patients at Admission to a Tertiary Care Medical Center{triangledown}

Tara Babu,1 Violeta Rekasius,1 Jorge P. Parada,1,2 Paul Schreckenberger,1 and Malliswari Challapalli1*

Loyola University Health Systems, Maywood, Illinois,1 Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois2

Received 22 September 2008/ Returned for modification 11 November 2008/ Accepted 15 May 2009

All patients admitted to our tertiary care hospital from 1 December 2007 to 10 June 2008 were screened for methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization, and the isolates were tested for mupirocin susceptibility by using Etest. Mupirocin resistance (MR) was noted to occur in 3.4% of MRSA carriers, and high-level MR was noted to occur in 0.62% of carriers.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Loyola University Health Systems, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. Phone: (708) 327-9081. Fax: (708) 327-9107. E-mail: mchalla{at}lumc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 May 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2279-2280, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01834-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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