Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to most antibiotics and is an important pathogen of nosocomial infections. The prevalence of community (CA-MRSA) and hospital acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus (HA-MRSA) infection is increased. In this study we investigated the frequency of MRSA colonization and its antibiotic susceptibility in students of Rafsan...

OBJECTIVES Our aim was to study the antimicrobial susceptibilities and macrolide resistance mechanisms of viridans group streptococci (VGS) in a Korean tertiary hospital. METHODS MICs of five antimicrobials were determined for 106 VGS isolated from blood cultures. The macrolide resistance mechanisms of erythromycin non-susceptible isolates were studied by the double-disc test and PCR. RESUL...

OBJECTIVE To identify current trends in antibiotic sensitivity patterns of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA) infections of the head and neck in children and adolescents and evaluate outcomes after therapy. DESIGN Retrospective review of cases consisting of a medical record review with telephone follow-up. SETTING Two tertiary university medical referra...

background: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is resistant to most antibiotics and is an important pathogen of nosocomial infections. the prevalence of community (ca-mrsa) and hospital acquired methicillin-resistant s. aureus (ha-mrsa) infection is increased. in this study we investigated the frequency of mrsa colonization and its antibiotic susceptibility in students of rafsan...