European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Skin and soft tissue infection contribute to a substantial proportion of infective disease pool in OPD attendees, in both urban and rural set up across the globe and staphylococcus aureus is one of the common causative agent of cutaneous bacterial infections involving skin & soft tissue. MRSA can cause severe problems , if not detected early, resulting in complications like septicaemia, pneumonia, sepsis and death. Community acquired MRSA(CA-MRSA) infections are common among skin & soft tissue infections (SSTIs), making their management quite difficult. One simple method to reach the diagnosis is the culture and sensitivity pattern. As sensitivity and distribution pattern vary according to different geographical area as observed in other bacterial infections, it has become imperative to know the extent of MRSA distribution and it’s sensitivity pattern in a particular community