ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Reza Ranjbar1, Mehdi Moazzami Goudarzi2 and Nematollah Jonaidi3
1Molecular Biology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2Department of Microbiology, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran.
3Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J. Pure Appl. Microbiol., 2016, 10 (1): 389-393
© The Author(s). 2016
Received: 28/11/2015 | Accepted: 14/01/2016 | Published: 31/03/2016
Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the cause of nosocomial infections leading to high mortality. This cross-sectional study was conducted to study a total of 200 clinical specimens from Iranian military hospitals in 2013-2015. Disk agar diffusion test using cefoxitin disk (30 µg) showed methicillin resistance in 59% of our isolates. mecA and femB genes were identified in all of the MRSA isolates using PCR method. Our  results  demonstrated  the  spread  of  HA-MRSA isolates in the community and propagating CA-MRSA isolates in the studied hospitals.

Keywords

Methicillin- resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Cefoxitin, femB, mecA.

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