High resistance to Azithromycin- A cause of concern.
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2014-01
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Macrolide antibiotics are well established class of antimicrobial agents. Azithromycin due to better tolerance and once a daily dose is commonly prescribed by clinician today. The aim of our study was to analyze the resistance to erythromycin in all gram positive bacteria isolated in department of microbiology Dr. RPGMC Tanda. A result of antibiotic susceptibility testing done by Kir By bauer disc diffusion method were analysed, Of the totral gram positive isolates 54 % were resistant to Azithromycin with maximum resistance seen with Enterococcus species (75 %) . It is recommended that an antibiotic policy should be made and microbiological surveillance cotinued so as to decrease the selective pressure on microorganisms.
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Staphlococcus aureus, Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus
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Sood Anuradha, Thakur Suman, Chauhan Smriti, Jaryal S C. High resistance to Azithromycin- A cause of concern. Sub-Himalayan Journal of Health Research. 2014 Jan-June; 1(1): 26-28.