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 4 Comparison of the methicillin resistance of the nasal and nasopharyngeal S. aureus between the antibiotic naïve group and antibiotic received patients.
| Antibiotic naïve | Antibiotic exposed: 0–1 month | Antibiotic exposed: 0–6 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | P | n | % | P | ||
| Nose | MRSA | 2 | 8.7 | 5 | 62.5 | 6 | 26.1 | 0.243 | |
| MSSA | 21 | 91.3 | 3 | 37.5 | 17 | 73.9 | |||
| Total | 23 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 23 | 100 | |||
| Nasopharynx | MRSA | 3 | 13.6 | 2 | 33.3 | 0.286 | 3 | 16.7 | 0.789 |
| MSSA | 19 | 86.4 | 4 | 66.7 | 15 | 83.3 | |||
| Total | 22 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 18 | 100 | |||
| MRSA – methicillin resistant ; MSS – methicillin sensitive . Each value represents the statistical comparison of antibiotic naïve group with corresponding antibiotic exposure group. | |||||||||