background and objective: staphylococcus aureus is an important infection in hemodialysis patients. we studied the prevalence of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and its antibiotic resistance pattern in patients receiving hemodialysis as well as in dialysis unit staff. materials and methods: from june to september 2012, we evaluated 74 cases including 61 pati...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-microbial resistance in intubated patients in intensive care unit (ICU) of Bahonar hospital in Kerman province, Iran during the year 2008. Tracheal samples were obtained from 111 intubated patients in the ICU by broncoalveolar lavage method. Amikacin, Ceftazidim and Imipenem were used to evaluate antibiotic susceptibility. For ...