?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Increasing+Trends+of+Methicillin+Resistant+Coagulase+Negative+Staphylococcus+in+Neonatal+Septicaemia+-+A+Study+in+a+Tertiary+Care+Hospital%2C+Mysore%2C+South+India&rft.creator=S%2C+Deepa&rft.creator=B%2C+Amruta+Kumari&rft.creator=D%2C+Venkatesha&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+Neonatal+septicaemia+is+one+among+the+leading+causes+of+neonatal+mortality+in+India.+For+the+last+20+years+CoNS+has+been+identified+as+a+major+cause+of+neonatal+septicaemia+in+NICU.+Different+studies+show+70-75%25+of+CoNS+as+resistant+to+methicillin.+Material+and+methods%3A+Blood+samples+from+neonatal+septicaemia+cases+during+Dec+2007+to+Dec+2010+were+processed+%26+isolates+were+identified.+CoNS+were+biotyped+%26+methicillin+resistance+was+detected+using+cefoxitin+30+%C2%B5g+disk.+Results%3A+Of+2256+blood+samples+from+neonatal+septicaemia+cases%2C+587(36.98%25)+were+CoNS.+Staphylococcus+epidermidis+234(39.86%25)+was+the+commonest+isolate.+Methicillin+resistance+was+noted+in+286+(48.72%25).+MRCoNS+prevalence+during+2008%2C+2009+%26+2010+were+41.57%25%2C+47%25+and+57.36%25+respectively.+Conclusion%3A+Our+study+showed+increased+trends+of+MR-CoNS+in+neonatal+septicaemia+leading+to+increased+usage+of+vancomycin+%26+other+glycopeptides%2C+resulting+in+emergence+of+multidrug+resistant+strains%2C+thus+narrowing+the+treatment+options+in+neonates.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7254%2F1%2F2010-4-11.pdf&rft.identifier=++S%2C+Deepa+and+B%2C+Amruta+Kumari+and+D%2C+Venkatesha++(2011)+Increasing+Trends+of+Methicillin+Resistant+Coagulase+Negative+Staphylococcus+in+Neonatal+Septicaemia+-+A+Study+in+a+Tertiary+Care+Hospital%2C+Mysore%2C+South+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7254%2F