materials and methods fifty mrsa isolates were collected from 200 clinical samples from three different educational hospitals in ahvaz, iran, and identified by biochemical tests including catalase, oxidase, tube coagulase, mannitol fermentation, and sensitivity to furazolidone, resistance to bacitracin, pyr test and voges-proskauer test. their resistance to methicillin was evaluated using the d...

patients and methods two-hundred and fifty-five clinical specimens were collected from four major provinces of iran. samples were cultured and the mrsa strains were subjected to polymerase chain reaction (pcr). the patterns of antibiotic resistance were determined using the disk diffusion method. results seventy-four out of 255 (29.01%) clinical samples were positive for mrsa. of the 74 mrsa st...

introduction: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is responsible for an increasing number of serious hospital- and community-acquired infections. usa300 is known to be the most common cause of community-acquired infections, but recently there have been some reports on hospital-acquired infections caused by this strain. methods: totally 171 isolates of s. aureus were collected fro...

conclusions the results of the present study indicate the presence of the pvl and fnb genes in the strains of s. aureus isolated from clinical specimens collected from the patients admitted to teaching hospitals in qazvin. considering the clinical significance of these organisms, and their potential in threatening public health systems, the identification, treatment, and infection control manag...