• A. Anusha joy Rajathi
• K. Jayachitra

Abstract: The goal of the present study was to phenotypic characterization of erythromycin-induced clindamycin resistance among clinical isolates of S. aureus. Among the, 39 procured isolates, 21 of were MRSA and 18 of were MSSA. These isolates were subjected to determine the Inducible clindamycin resistance by D-zone test. Among the 39 isolates, 23% of were MLSBc, 18% of were MLSBi, 26% of were MS phenotype and 33.3% of isolates sensitive to both erythromycin and clindamycin. The present study, MLSBi and MLSB are greater in MRSA than MSSA. In this study, the prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance was observed among S. aureus with an association between MRSA and inducible clindamycin resistance. The present study was indicated that D-test should be used as an important method in usual disc diffusion testing to detect inducible clindamycin resistance.

S.aureus, Clindamycin resistance, D test, MLSBc, MLSBi,

"PHENOTYPIC DETECTION OF INDUCIBLE CLINDAMYCIN RESISTANCE ISOLATES OF Staphylococcus aureus IN AND AROUND COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.41-43, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809411.pdf

"PHENOTYPIC DETECTION OF INDUCIBLE CLINDAMYCIN RESISTANCE ISOLATES OF Staphylococcus aureus IN AND AROUND COIMBATORE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp41-43, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809411.pdf