OBJECTIVE To identify the clinical variables that differentiate MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) from MSSA (Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus) infection. METHODS Cases having culture isolates of Staphylococcus species were recruited. Baseline and other laboratory parameters were compared between MSSA and MRSA sub-groups to identify the predictors for MRSA. RESULTS Out of 98 ...

Objective(s)Staphylococcus aureus is a prevalent pathogen worldwide. Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA), which is usually multi-resistant in hospitals, has been a daunting challenge for clinicians for more than half a century. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the relative frequency (RF) of MRSA in different regions of Iran.Materials and MethodsSearch terms...

the prevalence of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and methicillin sensitivestaphylococcus aureus (mssa) carriage among poultry and poultry farmers in malaysia is largely unknown.in the current investigation, chickens and chicken farmers from 30 chicken farms were screened for mrsaand s. aureus carriage. the genetic characteristics of the isolates were determined through multi...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), known as a nosocomial pathogen, has been isolated from community-acquired infections since the 1980s. It has been reported that there are carriers of MRSA in the community although the rate of carriers is low and the most important risk factor of community-acquired carriage is hospitalization or referral to healthcare facilities. We attempted ...

background and objectives: methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a major nosocomial pathogen causing significant morbidity and mortality. the aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro activities of different antibiotics against methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus. materials and method: the study was conducted over a period of one year (january 2009 - december 2009) in t...

Staphylococcus aureus (SA or S. aureus) is a common pathogen that leads to local and systemic infections in communitarian and hospitalised patients. Staphylococcus colonizing nasal or pharyngeal sites can become virulent and cause severe infections. In this study, we collected 322 pharyngeal exudates and 142 nasal exudates from hospitalised and outpatients for screening purposes. The carriage r...

The antimicrobial peptides human beta-defensin-1 (hBD1), hBD2, hBD3, and CAP18 expressed by keratinocytes have been implicated in mediation of the innate defense against bacterial infection. To gain insight into Staphylococcus aureus infection, the susceptibility of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), to these antimicrobial peptides was examined. Based on quantitative P...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have become common among both hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients. Optimal outpatient therapy for MRSA infections has yet to be determined, but this matter is complicated by the possibility of inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance (MLSBi). We studied the prevalence of MLSBi in community- and hospital-associ...

This study determined the performance of BD Max StaphSR and the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with an unrecognized staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) right-extremity junction (MREJ) region among 907 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and 900 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) isolates. The rate of mecA/mecC dropout mutants was also evaluated. ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium of significant importance because of its ability to cause a wide range of diseases and capacity to adapt to diverse environmental forms [1,2]. The organism causes infections both in human and animals such as rashes, inflammations of bones and the meninges as well as septicaemia [3]. It is now the most frequently identified drugresistant pathogen in a hospita...