06 January 2022: Lab/In Vitro Research
Effect of Antibiotic Exposure on Upper Respiratory Tract Bacterial Flora
Hakan Korkmaz 1ABE* , Yeliz Çetinkol 2BD , Mukadder Korkmaz 3ACEF , Mustafa Kerem Çalgın 2BD , Yeliz Kaşko Arıcı 4CDDOI: 10.12659/MSM.934931
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934931
Table 3 Comparison of the methicillin resistance of the nasal and nasopharyngeal Staphylococcus between the antibiotic naïve group and antibiotic consumed patients.
| Antibiotic naïve | Antibiotic exposed: 0–1 month | Antibiotic exposed: 0–6 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | P | n | % | P | ||
| Nose | MRS | 12 | 23.5 | 9 | 64.3 | 16 | 31.4 | 0.375 | |
| MSS | 39 | 76.5 | 5 | 35.7 | 35 | 68.7 | |||
| Total | 51 | 100 | 14 | 100 | 51 | 100 | |||
| Nasopharynx | MRS | 3 | 12 | 3 | 42.9 | 0.101 | 4 | 17.4 | 0.696 |
| MSS | 22 | 88 | 4 | 57.1 | 19 | 82.6 | |||
| Total | 25 | 100 | 7 | 100 | 23 | 100 | |||
| MRS – methicillin resistant strains; MSS – methicillin sensitive strains. Each value represents the statistical comparison of antibiotic naïve group with corresponding antibiotic exposure group. | |||||||||