Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been recently growing problem in small animal clinical practice due to increasing resistance to multiple number of antimicrobials. Present study reports about the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of MRSA isolated from the dogs with recurrent pyoderma. Based on the cultural and biochemical studies 12 isolates were identified as Staphyloc...

Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial agent utilized in treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is increasingly being reported in many parts of the world in the context of its widespread use. The objectives of this study were to determine the susceptibility of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates to mupiroci...

This study assessed the prevalence of colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in hospital housekeepers, and their knowledge and beliefs regarding this problem. Three saliva samples were collected and a questionnaire regarding knowledge and beliefs was applied. Of the 92 workers, 63 (68.5%) participated in the study; 20 were not and 43 were colonized; 13 by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aur...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to determine the rates of carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients undergoing intranasal surgery. MATERIAL/METHODS One hundred and sixty five patients undergoing inpatient and outpatient rhinologic surgery over a six-month period were enrolled in the study. Patients completed a short questionnaire prior to surgery. Culture sw...

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conclusions since it is highly important to rapidly detect mrsa isolates, especially in nosocomial infections, phenotypic methods may certainly be useful for this purpose. resistance to methicillin in s. aureus shows a substantially increased ability in turanose metabolism. it is concluded that fermentation of turanose at 0.7% dilution could be a rapid detection method for primary screening of ...