conclusions we report a high methicillin-resistant s. aureus rate in our hospital. additionally, t030 and t037 were the predominant spa-types among hospital-associated s. aureus. our findings emphasize the need for continuous surveillance to prevent the dissemination of multidrug resistance among different s. aureus protein a types in iran. background the incidence of nosocomial staphylococcus ...

background and objectives: the aim of the study was to determine the role and characteristics of nosocomial and community acquired staphylococcus sepsis in admitted children in tertiary centers in iran. patients and methods: a cross sectional descriptive-analytic study was performed since march 2008 to march 2009 in which all blood cultures from various admitted patients were checked for staphy...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review describes the literature about the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections in surgery, published from August 2006 to January 2008, and puts it into perspective. RECENT FINDINGS To prevent Staphylococcus aureus infections after surgical procedures, three methods were described, that is, isolation precautions after methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a major risk factor for nosocomial S. aureus infection. Studies show that intranasal mupirocin can prevent nosocomial surgical site infections. No data are available on the efficacy of mupirocin in nonsurgical patients. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of mupirocin prophylaxis in preventing nosocomial S. aureus infections in nonsurgical patie...

Staphylococcus aureus infection remains an increasing problem of hospital acquired infections in burn patients, among them methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus poses potential cause of morbidity and mortality. Our study was carried out at the Department of Microbilogy at GMC Latur, India. From Jan 2012 to June 2013, to determine the profile of aerobic bacterial infection in burn patients...

This report describes the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a general hospital ward in Japan, involving 6 health care workers and 4 patients. This report emphasizes the need for health care personnel to be alert that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus harboring Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene poses a threat for both nosocomial and occupational inf...

To find out the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infection and methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), clinical samples from nosocomially infected patients were processed by following standard methodology in microbiology laboratory, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Of 149 S. aureus isolates, skin infection isolates contributed a major part 72.5% making nos...

Toxic Shock Syndrome, otherwise known as TSS, is a systemic infection that is associated with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus [1]. S. aureus exists as part of the human body’s normal bacteria, and does not cause infection since most people develop antibodies against the bacteria. Infection can be result in people that have not developed these antibodies, or may develop in people that have an...

Lower respiratory tract infections represent a major concern, especially with increasing numbers of resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, extended-spectrum plactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, and Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. Here, we report on the susceptibilities of isolates cultured from patients with lower respiratory tract infection to different antibi...