introduction : staphylococcus aureus colonization has been recognized as one of the most important risk factors for subsequent infections with this microorganism. in this study, we intended to identify all patients who were mrsa-positive upon admission and compare the prevalence of mrsa colonization on different days of study admitted in imam reza hospital in mashhad, iran. methods : this cross...

BACKGROUND The burden of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a major public health concern worldwide; however the overall epidemiology of multidrug resistant strains is neither coordinated nor harmonized, particularly in developing countries including Ethiopia. Therefore, the aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the burden of methicillin resistant Staphylococcos aureus and its ant...

conclusions the cefoxitin disk diffusion method showed the best results when compared to oxacillin disk, similar to results from detecting the meca gene in pcr as a golden test. studies on mrsa that carry the luk-pv gene should continue to provide significant insight into the prevalence and epidemiology of these important resistant pathogens. also, the rate of pvl gene-producing isolates showed...

background antibiotic resistance among staphylococcus aureus is of great concern worldwide. this resistance is further complicated by the ability of s. aureus to confer cross-resistance to other antibiotics due to the presence of resistance genes, such as erythromycin resistance methylase (erm) genes, which render the bacterium resistant to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin b (mlsb) antibioti...

background and objectives: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a well-known pathogen with a worldwide distribution. given the increasing rate of mrsa infections, implementing of reliable, accurate and rapid testing for diagnosis of mrsa is necessary. the aim of this study was to compare four diagnostic methods for detection of mrsa isolates. materials and methods: from decembe...

BACKGROUND Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been the most commonly identified pathogen in hand infections at urban centers, but the evolving antibiotic sensitivity profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are not known. The purposes of this study are to determine if multidrug resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is emerging and to provide curre...

Staphylococcal infections are a group of infections caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus but most infections are caused by a type called Staphylococcus aureus. Bacteria are constantly evolving because their genes are constantly changing. The result of this is that some of the bacteria develop more resistance to a certain antibiotic than others. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a...