background methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) continues to be a major cause of nosocomial infections. methicillin resistance in s. aureus is caused by the acquisition of the meca gene, located on a mobile genetic element called the staphylococcal cassette chromosome (scc). objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of the predominant sccmec type present among ...

conclusions we report a high methicillin-resistant s. aureus rate in our hospital. additionally, t030 and t037 were the predominant spa-types among hospital-associated s. aureus. our findings emphasize the need for continuous surveillance to prevent the dissemination of multidrug resistance among different s. aureus protein a types in iran. background the incidence of nosocomial staphylococcus ...

Background: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a variant of Staphylococcus aureus which is resistant to all ß-lactams. Infections due to (MRSA) strains have been detected worldwide and it makes the treatment of common infections much more difficult. Objectives: This study was carried out to determine and compare the Antibiotic susceptibility patterns in Methicillin Resistant ...

Out of 308 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from specimens processed at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo 66 (21.5%) were resistant to methicillin. A significantly higher proportion of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were isolated from special care units, namely the Premature Baby Unit (PBU) and the Plastic Surgery Unit (PSU) when compared...

The treatment of MRSA skin and soft tissue infections in adults will be reviewed here. The treatment of invasive MRSA infections, the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, epidemiology of MRSA infection, and general issues related to skin and soft tissue infections are discussed separately. (See "Treatment of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults" and "Microbi...

Introduction: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of healthcare and community associated infection worldwide. life threatening sepsis, endocarditis and osteomyelitis caused by methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been reported from several parts of the world. Since MRSA strains are also resistant to multiple antibiotics, there is possibility of...

the objective of this study was to determine the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among staphylococcus aureus and to estimate the presence of methicillin-resistance in s. aureus (mrsa) isolates obtained by culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methods. for this purposes, 100 iranian white and feta cheese samples collected from different suppliers were initially evaluated for the occ...

Staphylococcus aureus infection remains an increasing problem of hospital acquired infections in burn patients, among them methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus poses potential cause of morbidity and mortality. Our study was carried out at the Department of Microbilogy at GMC Latur, India. From Jan 2012 to June 2013, to determine the profile of aerobic bacterial infection in burn patients...

28 new pyrrolidine types of compounds as analogues for natural polyhydroxy alkaloids of codonopsinine were evaluated for their anti-MRSA activity using MIC and MBC value determination assay against a panel of S. aureus isolates. One pyrrolidine compound, MFM 501, exhibited good inhibitory activity with MIC value of 15.6 to 31.3 μg/mL against 55 S. aureus isolates (43 MRSA and 12 MSSA isolates)....

this study was carried out to find the extent of staphylococcal carriages including methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus mrsa in employee's of teaching university hospitals in yazd. nasal swabs of 742 employees in four different medical teaching hospitals in yazd were collected, and tested for detection of staphylococci strains. out of 742 employees, 94 (12.7%) were carrier of staphyloco...