Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus: genetic basis

Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus: genetic basis.

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 89 Emergence of Multiresislant S. aureus.................................................................................... 89 Genetic Nature of Antimicrobial Resistance ...——....——......—.—......—..—..—.——.—..—.—...—. 90 TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE GENES IN STAPHYLOCOCCI......

Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus

The miracle of antibiotic discovery has been threatened by the emergence of superbugs. One of those superbugs, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is now responsible for more deaths per year in the United States than HIV. The added healthcare costs for fighting MRSA infections is in the billions of dollars per year worldwide. Plus, the danger of not having effective antimicrobial...

Antimicrobial resistance: the example of Staphylococcus aureus.

abandon their belief that, given the vast array of effective antimicrobial agents, virtually all bacterial infections were treatable. Their optimism was shaken by the emergence of resistance to multiple antibiotics among such pathogens as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The evolution of increasingly antimicrobialresistant ...

Prediction of Staphylococcus aureus antimicrobial resistance

Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Years

Objective. Recently, community and hospital-acquired infections with Staphylococcus aureus have increased and raised antibiotic resistant isolates. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the antibiotic resistance profile of S. aureus isolates over several years in various clinical specimens from our hospital. Materials and Methods. S. aureus strains from 2009 to 2014 were isolated from various cli...