Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is a global health problem that needs to be answered by developing synthetic or natural antibacterial overcome the problem. The honey pineapple peel contains potentially compounds such as bromelain and flavonoid. This study aims determine activity of extract (Ananas comosus [L] Merr.) against MRSA. design this was true experimental wi...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to understand the epidemiology of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections in southern New England children. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted of the medical records of children 0 to 18 years old with MRSA isolated by the Rhode Island Hospital microbiology laboratory (Providence, RI) between 1997 and 2001...

INTRODUCTION Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the most important organisms causing hospital-acquired infections worldwide. Molecular analysis of MRSA strains from Taif, Saudi Arabia, had not been previously done. Phenotypic and molecular characteristics of MRSA isolated from Taif hospitals were investigated. METHODOLOGY This study involved S. aureus strains isolated from diffe...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Since the early 2000s, the incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections among the community of people lacking known healthcare risk factors has increased. This MRSA infection is referred to as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection and is distinct from hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) infection, which occurs among people with known...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are a primary health concern. They commonly differentiated as hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant (HA-MRSA) and community-acquired (CA-MRSA) infections, based on their epidemiology, susceptibility findings, molecular typing patterns. Therefore, appropriate contact precautions isolation measures should be implemented. CA-MRSA most...

Staphylococcus aureus and particularly methicillin-resistant S. (MRSA) infections are currently associated with extremely high morbidity mortality rates worldwide. The global escalation in the development of antibiotic-resistant human pathogens ability developing new clones capacity to invade community settings, leads an urgent need develop accurate efficient assessments colonization occupation...

Because the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) differs among the 3 countries forming the Euregio Meuse-Rhin (EMR) region (Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands), cross-border healthcare requires information about the spread of MRSA in the EMR. We investigated the emergence, dissemination, and diversity of MRSA clones in the EMR by using several typing methods. MRSA...

Nose/throat-swabs from 1049 patients were screened for MRSA using CHROMagar MRSA, LightCycler Advanced MRSA, and Detect-Ready MRSA. Results were compared to the CHROMagar MRSA results, which was set as reference system. MRSA was detected in 3.05% of the patients with CHROMagar MRSA. LightCycler MRSA Advanced showed a higher clinical sensitivity (84.38%) than Detect-Ready MRSA (57.69%).The negat...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an established nosocomial pathogen (HA-MRSA, hospital acquired MRSA), but has recently begun to appear in the community (CA-MRSA, community acquired MRSA). The cause of resistance to methicillin and all other beta-lactam antibiotics is the mecA gene, which is situated on a mobile genetic element, the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec)....