objective one of the prominent microorganisms in several reports of nosocomial infections is staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) which is carried by several health care workers (hcw) many times throughout the day. the present investigation was conducted to assess the nasal and hand carriage rate of s. aureus amongst medical personnel of loghman hakim hospital's toxicological intensive care unit (...

Fifty methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) initial isolates obtained from patients hospitalized in the orthopedic clinic of the Frankfurt University Hospital and 150 methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates were investigated in this study to determine whether the Slidex Staph-Kit is capable of differentiating between MRSA and MSSA owing to its unique performance...

Suppurative parotitis is an uncommon entity identified in newborns. While Staphylococcus aureus has been frequently identified as the causative pathogen among the few patients diagnosed with neonatal suppurative parotitis (NSP), there has only been one prior case described in the literature that was due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Because of its virulence, MRSA presen...

The pathogen has been found to cause a plethora of diseases such as blood stream infections, skin and soft tissue infections, pneumonia and hospital acquired postoperative wound infections [2]. Though the diseases are treatable by the usage of antibiotics, emergence of multi drug resistant strains have been reported worldwide, thereby complicating the treatment of infections caused by Staphyloc...

Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates obtained from patients who were inmates of the San Francisco County jail system showed an increase in the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from 29%, in 1997, to 74%, in 2002; 91% of the MRSA isolates carried staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) type IV. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis and multilocus sequence ty...

Background and Aims: Emerging antimicrobial resistance is one of the major public health threats worldwide. It can result in increased morbidity and mortality rates along with increased treatment costs and hospitalization stays. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a global challenge. It is a major cause of nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Its prevalence va...

Staphylococcus aureus is a gram positive, nonmotile bacterium which normally colonizes in skin and mucosa of human and animal, transmitted by direct contact or via contaminated surfaces, which causes infections like skin infections , respiratory infections and food poisoning. Methicillin is a narrow spectrum betalactam antibiotic of the penicillin class which was previously used for the treatme...

Infections caused by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a growing problem. Medical students are at risk of getting infected by MRSA during their training due to exposure with infected patients and may be a source of transmission for other patients. Therefore it may be important to know nasal carriage of MRSA among medical students going for clinical posting. This prospective ...

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...