Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia at Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Abstract

This retrospective study was conducted in Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura (THA), Sri Lanka. During the 18-month period, 13 260 blood cultures were investigated for possible bacteraemia and 1352 of those were identified as bacteraemia and the presence of SA bacteraemia was detected in 655 out of 1352 cultures. Of these 61 (9.3%) indicated the presence of MRSA. The highest prevalence (52.4%) of MRSA bacteraemia was observed among the people who aged >60 years. Also, it was detected more commonly in males (67.3%) than the females (32.7%). Nephrology unit 15 (24.6%), orthopaedic unit 14 (23%) and ICUs 13 (21.3%) had comparatively higher number of MRSA bacteraemia cases.