PREVALENCE OF COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, JAIPUR

Background: Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have been recognized as an important agent of human infection since the past five decades. Currently, there are 38 species of CoNS isolated from various human infections. Methods: A observational descriptive study conduct on 71 samples collected from the hospitalized patients and nonhospitalized patients. Various samples like Urine, body fluids, pus, blood, swabs (wound, high vaginal, nose, throat) and other clinical samples were collected from patients attending outpatient departments (OPD) and admitted in wards and ICUs in NIMS hospital and processed for isolation and identification of Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CONS) by the phenotypic methods. Results: Staphylococcus epidermidis(35.21%) isolated more in our study. Second most common species was Staphylococcus saprophyticus(33.80%). Other species that isolated were as Staphylococcus haemolyticus(15.49%), Staphylococcus lugdanensis(7.04%), Staphylococcus schleiferi(4.22%) and Staphylococcus xylosis(7.40%) Concussion- In this study, the most common species identified was S. epidermidis. Keywords: Staphylococcus, Infection, Urine, Blood, Pus.