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This study aimed to characterise the clinical and bacteriological profile of pyodermas, and to determine the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in primary pyodermas in a dermatology outpatient department in Kashmir.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a hospital based cross-sectional study in the outpatient Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Leprosy of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Patients presenting with primary pyodermas were included in the study. A detailed history and complete physical and cutaneous examination was carried out along with microbiological testing to find aetiological microorganisms and their respective antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, including that for methicillin resistance, was carried out by standard methods as outlined in the current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 110 patients were included; the age of the study population ranged from 3 to 65 years (mean age 28 years); 62% were male. Poor personal hygiene was noted in 76 (69%). Furunculosis (56; 51%) was the most common clinical presentation. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 89 (81%) of cases, and MRSA formed 54\/89 (61%) of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. All MRSA strains were sensitive to vancomycin.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The prevalence of MRSA was high in this sample of community-acquired primary pyodermas. It is therefore important to monitor the changing trends in bacterial infection and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and to formulate a definite antibiotic policy which may be helpful in decreasing the incidence of MRSA infection<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4997\/jrcpe.2016.103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,5,3]],"date-time":"2017-05-03T11:08:09Z","timestamp":1493809689000},"page":"8-13","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Clinico-bacteriological profile of primary pyodermas in Kashmir: A hospital-based study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"YJ","family":"Bhat","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"STD & Leprosy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"I","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Professor & Head, STD & Leprosy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S","family":"Bashir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Postgraduate Scholar, Department of Dermatology, STD & Leprosy, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Farhana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Professor & Head, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"P","family":"Maroof","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-jrcpe.2016.103","volume":"19","author":"Singh Th N","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Med Soc"},{"key":"bibr2-jrcpe.2016.103","first-page":"69","volume":"65","author":"Nagmoti M","year":"1999","journal-title":"Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol"},{"issue":"2","key":"bibr3-jrcpe.2016.103","volume":"7","author":"Hiok Hee Tan","year":"1996","journal-title":"NSC Bulletin for Medical Practitioners"},{"key":"bibr4-jrcpe.2016.103","first-page":"177","volume":"65","author":"Ghadage DP","year":"1999","journal-title":"J Dermatol Venereol Leprol"},{"key":"bibr5-jrcpe.2016.103","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1099\/0022-1317-51-10-808"},{"key":"bibr6-jrcpe.2016.103","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-79-4-492"},{"key":"bibr7-jrcpe.2016.103","unstructured":"Roberts SO, Highet AS. 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