What is it about?
Three susceptibility patterns were found among Staphylococcus aureus isolates among our patients, There was a significant difference in the type of bacterial isolates between tonsillar swab and biopsies. The high prevalence of S. aureus in patients with both infected and non-infected tonsils suggests that this bacterium might not be the aetiological agent of chronic and recurrent tonsillitis.
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Why is it important?
Because antibiotic resistance patterns vary in different geographic locations, it was important to assess the susceptibility profile of the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus which is found abundantly in the patients' oropharynx and nose.
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The finding of this article was the first, among many, to be published from my PhD thesis. Writing it along with colleagues and supervisors, with whom I have had long-standing collaborations, was a great pleasure and an eye-opening learning experience.
Saad Alasil, PhD, MS, MPH
University at Buffalo - The State University of New York
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This page is a summary of: Bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphyloccocus aureus isolates from patients undergoing tonsillectomy in Malaysian University Hospital, African Journal of Microbiology Research, November 2011, Academic Journals,
DOI: 10.5897/ajmr11.024.
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