extension of drug resistant staphylococcus aureus strains is one of the problems of modern society. presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in hiv-infected individuals is an important cause of severe infections. therefore, the main goal of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of mrsa carriage rate among hiv patients referring to the shiraz hiv referral center (...

background: methicillin resistant staphylococus aureus (mrsa) is a cause of ‎nosocomial infections at intensive care unit (icu), which imposes a high mortality and ‎morbidity on the health care systems.‎ the objective of this study was to evaluate the role of mrsa in patients with clinically ‎suspected ventilator associated pneumonia (vap) in toxicological icu admitted ‎patients.methods: this c...

background and objective: reports on mrsa strains are increasing worldwide. the aim of this study was to find the prevalence of mrsa strains isolated from clinical specimens and to evaluate their resistance profile. additionally we compared the phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of methicillin resistance. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total of 41 isolates o...

Staphylococcus aureus, the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections in the United States, is also pathogenic to the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The C. elegans-S. aureus infection model was previously carried out on solid agar plates where the bacteriovorous C. elegans feeds on a lawn of S. aureus. However, agar-based assays are not amenable to large scale screens for antibacteri...

Objectives: A multi-site study evaluated the clinical performance of the Roche LightCycler PCR assay in the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in comparison to routine chromogenic agar culture method (BD BBL CHROMagar II). Two other variables were also investigated: to establish if screening the throat increases the detection rate of MRSA colonisation; and, to deter...

Mupirocin is the topical antimicrobial agent which is used for the treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However the prevalence of mupirocin resistance in MRSA has increased with the extensive and widespread use of this agent in hospital settings. The present study was attempted to evaluate the low level and high level resistance to mupirocin in MRSA isolates by diffe...

Background: Vancomycin has been widely used in the treatment of infections caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). The emergence of VancomycinIntermediate and -Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (VISA and VRSA, respectively) in various parts of the world has been of great concern in clinical settings. Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the possible presence of VI...

Abstract: Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), known to be highly resistant bacterium, leading dreadful infections with limited treatment options. Objectives: The current study mainly focused investigate the anti-staphylococcal activity of Ficus benghalensis methanolic bark (FBMB) extract against (MRSA). Materials and Methods: assessment was performed by agar well dif...

OBJECTIVES Bacterial skin and skin-structure infections (SSSIs) are frequent settings for antibiotic use. We surveyed their UK aetiology and pathogen susceptibility, including susceptibility to ceftaroline. METHODS Consecutive SSSI isolates were collected at 35 UK hospitals, to a maximum of 60/site, together with 15 'supplementary' MRSA/site. Isolates were re-identified and BSAC susceptibilit...

Mupirocin is the topical antimicrobial agent which is used for the treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However the prevalence of mupirocin resistance in MRSA has increased with the extensive and widespread use of this agent in hospital settings. The present study was attempted to evaluate the low level and high level resistance to mupirocin in MRSA isolates by diffe...