OCCURRENCE OF BACTERIA BELONGING TO THE GENUS ENTEROCOCCUS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS ON INANIMATE SURFACES OF SELECTED HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND THEIR NOSOCOMIAL SIGNIFICANCE

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Objectives: This work aimed to determine the representation and resistance of bacteria belonging to the genus Staphylococcus and Enterococ-cus on inanimate surfaces of two selected workplaces of the University Hospital of L. Pasteur in Košice (UHLP) and to investigate their importance in the hospital environment. The men’s ward of the Department of Internal Medicine (DIM) and the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DAIC) were chosen. Methods: Using sterile sampling kits, a total of 182 swabs were collected from the inanimate surfaces of both UHLP workplaces. The swabs were then transported to a microbiological laboratory and inoculated onto sterile culture media (blood agar containing 5% ram erythrocytes). After culturing (24–48 hours, in a thermostat at constant temperature 37 °C), bacterial colonies were identified by mass spectrometry on a MALDI TOF MS. Bacteria belonging to the genera Staphylococcus and Enterococcus were subsequently separated from the spectrum of identified bacteria. Nosocomial significant strains of staphylococci (Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, Staphylococcus aureus) and all isolated enterococci were subjected to susceptibility testing for selected antibiotics using the disk diffusion method – E-tests. Results: Several members of the genus Staphylococcus were identified from the inanimate surfaces of both workplaces. These were mainly coagulase-negative strains – Staphylococcus epidermidis (45), Staphylococcus capitis (34), Staphylococcus haemolyticus (20), Staphylococcus hominis (45), Staphylococcus pasteuri (2), Staphylococcus sroph (1), Staphylococcus simulans (3), and Staphylococcus warneri (4). Staphylococcus aureus strains were also identified (2). Nosocomial significant isolates were tested for susceptibility to the antibiotics cefoxitin (FOX) and oxacillin (OXA). Two members of the genus Enterococcus – Enterococcus faecium (7) and Enterococcus faecalis (8) were isolated. All strains were subject to vancomycin susceptibility testing using the disk method. Conclusion:.

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Zahornacký, O., Porubčin, Š., Rovňáková, A., Jarčuška, P., Andraščíková, Š., & Rimárová, K. (2022). OCCURRENCE OF BACTERIA BELONGING TO THE GENUS ENTEROCOCCUS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS ON INANIMATE SURFACES OF SELECTED HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND THEIR NOSOCOMIAL SIGNIFICANCE. Central European Journal of Public Health, 30, S57–S62. https://doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a7241

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