methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is the main cause of hospital infection emerged over the last decades. rapid detection of mrsa is important for patient care and proper usage of infection control. detection of meca genes (encoding resistance to methicillin and other similar antibiotics) and nuc genes (encoding staphylococcal thermostable nuclease) by pcr method is now consider...

background: methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a common major human pathogen that causes hospital-acquired infections. characterization and typing of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome has led to a better understanding of mrsa infection cycle in hospital. the meca-associated hypervariable region size classifies mrsa isolates that colonized in nasal carriers. objectives: t...

abstract background: stphylococcus cohnii is an organism of coagulase negative species which is considered as normal flora. however, it has been isolated from urinary tract infections and surgical prostheses but its relation with staghorn stones has not been reported, yet. case presentation: a 50-years-old woman presented with left renal staghorn stone in june 2014. she had bilateral staghorn s...

conclusions there were diverse phenotypic changes among vancomycin-non-susceptible s. aureus isolates. this may be due to the variety of related regulatory systems. the diversity of phenotypic expression may result in its misidentification in routine laboratory checks. materials and methods a total of 130 methicillin-resistant s. aureus (mrsa) isolates were studied, including 49 vssa, 28 hvisa,...

results a number of 7-11 repeats in the spa gene xr region were determined. strains with 10 repeats were65%, therefore they had the highest percentage in isolates. seven repeats strains were 20% and each of the strains with 8, 9 and 11 repeats had the frequency of 5%. s. aureus strains antibiotic resistance was 35%, 5%, 45% and 40% for tetracycline, amoxicillin, gentamicin and erythromycin resp...

conclusions the present study showed a high prevalence of aminoglycoside-resistance genes among mrsa isolates in two cities in iran. results the results of drug susceptibility testing showed that the highest rate of resistance was against erythromycin in tehran (84.4%) and gentamicin (71.7%) in sari. all isolates were sensitive to vancomycin, and all strains harbored the meca gene. the aac (6’)...

conclusions despite the higher frequency of s. aureus nasal carriage in the interns, compared to the first year students, the difference did not reach statistical significance. therefore, attendance at medical centers cannot be considered a risk factor for increasing carriage. results out of the 200 nasal swabs obtained, the overall nasal carriage of s. aureus was 24.5% (49/200). the prevalence...

background : staphylococcus aureus strains exhibiting multiple antibiotic resistances are isolated from most communities and hospital infections. treatment of patients with these infections has been difficult. the aim of this study was to detect and extract, the egg yolk immunoglobulin y as a potential source of anti- s. aureus antibody. methods : specific igy was produced by immunizing hens wi...

methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe) belongs to the group of gasoline oxygenates and persistent environment contaminants, and shows potential for biodegradation in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, through application of pure microbial cultures. presented research shows that indigenous bacterial isolates 6sy and 24p, selected from oil hydrocarbons-contaminated environments, were capable of utiliz...

methyl tertiary butyl ether (mtbe) belongs to the group of gasoline oxygenates and persistent environment contaminants, and shows potential for biodegradation in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, through application of pure microbial cultures. presented research shows that indigenous bacterial isolates 6sy and 24p, selected from oil hydrocarbons-contaminated environments, were capable of utili...