Introduction / objectives We assessed the usefulness of a new automated molecular assay (GenomEra MRSA Confirm, Abacus Diagnostica Oy, Finland), which amplifies simultaneously the marker of methicillin resistance (mecA) and a Staphylococcus aureus-specific DNA segment, in detection of methicillin sensitive and resistant S. aureus (MSSA and MRSA) and other methicillin resistant staphylococci (MR...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is the main cause of hospital infection emerged over the last decades. rapid detection of mrsa is important for patient care and proper usage of infection control. detection of meca genes (encoding resistance to methicillin and other similar antibiotics) and nuc genes (encoding staphylococcal thermostable nuclease) by pcr method is now consider...

A total of 3,051 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) isolates and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates in Europe were compared. MRSA isolates constituted 25% of all isolates and were more prevalent in southern Europe. MRSA isolates appeared to be more prevalent in intensive care units than in outpatient departments. Only a small minority of MSSA isolates were multidr...

introduction: one of the most important agents in hospital-acquired infections is staphylococcus aureus. treatment of methicillin-resistant s. aureus (mrsa) infections with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin has recently been more difficult. the aim of this study was to evaluate the possible presence of vancomycin intermediate s. aureus (visa) and vancomycin- resistant s. aureus (vrsa) and ...

The worldwide emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) can have severe public health implications. Familial transmissions of CA-MRSA in The Netherlands were investigated. Among the families studied, two clusters of CA-MRSA could be identified. This report demonstrates that family members can serve as reservoirs of CA-MRSA which may become a serious p...

Of 500 hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia events (58% methicillin-susceptible S. aureus [MSSA]; 42% methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]), we found no significant differences in S. aureus bacteremia rates between medium-sized and large hospitals. However, the proportion of S. aureus bacteremia caused by MSSA was greater in medium-sized hospitals and did not correlate with MRSA ba...

objectives the study was carried out in a tertiary care center in tehran, iran to identify the frequency of hospital acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (ha-mrsa ) colonization and its antibiotic susceptibility pattern and molecular characteristics. patients and methods this point-prevalence study was performed on 631 children who were admitted for at least 48 hours in differen...

Vyletělová M., Vlková H., Manga I. (2011): Occurrence and characteristics of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in raw milk manufacturing. Czech J. Food Sci., 29 (Special Issue): S11–S16. For monitoring the occurrence of MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and MR-CNS (methicillin resistant coagulase-negative stap...

background and objective: methicillin resistance in staphylococcus aureus is an increasingly important clinical problem. a chromosomal gene, meca, mediates resistance to penicillinase-resistant penicillins such as methicillin and oxacillin in staphylococcus aureus. we evaluated the validity of disk diffusion test by using oxacillin, methicillin and cefoxitin disks with consideration of the pres...

In this in vitro study the effect of XZ.700, a new endolysin, on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms grown titanium was evaluated. Biofilms S. USA300 were grown...