Abstract:Objective To investigate the infection status and drug resistance of 175 strains of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) in patients with bloodstream infections so as to provide basis for rational controlling such infections. Methods Blood culture, identification of the bacteria and drug sensitive test were conducted by BD blood culture instrument and full automatic BD microbe system. Chi-square test was used to analyze the drug resistance difference of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA). Results Among the 175 patients, bloodstream infections of 152 patients (86.9%) were caused by primary diseases, those of 61 patients (34.9%) were caused by pulmonary infection. The resistant rates of SA to Penicillin, Azithromycin, Erythrocin and Clarithromycin were all higher than 90%, while the resistant rates to Linezolid, Minocyline and Teicoplanin were lower than 10%, all the isolates were susceptible to Vancomycin. The resistant rates of MRSA to multiple antibiotics were higher than those of MSSA. Conclusions SA bloodstream infections are mostly caused by primary diseases. The resistant rates of SA to most antibiotics are high, but SA still keeps highly sensitive to Linezolid, Vancomycin and Minocyline.