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Detection of methicillin-resistance (mec-A) gene inStaphylococcus aureus strains by PCR and determination of antibiotic susceptibility

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Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus (MSRA) has become a frequent cause of serious infections. Extended hospitalization and antibiotic therapy have been identified as additional risk factors for MRSA carrier and infection. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of MRSA infections in the hospitals affiliated to Hamedan University of Medical Sciences. SeventyS. aureus clinical strains were isolated from patients from June 2005 to June 2006 and examined by PCR and conventional microbiological tests. Then, the antibiotic susceptibility to methicillin/oxacillin and other antibiotics were performed by Disc Diffusion Agar (DDA). The results of this study showed that methicillin resistance gene was detected in 35 (50%) and 22 (31.4%) cases by PCR and DDA, respectively. The results of antibiotic susceptibility assays also showed there were high resistance MRSA strains to penicilin (100%), cloxacillin (91.4%), tetracycline (74.2%), cotrimoxazole (68.5%), erythromycin (68.5%) and less resistance to rifampin (11.4). Two MRSA also had decreased susceptibility to vancomycin. But the strains of Methicillin-SensitiveS. aureus (MSSA) showed high sensitivity to all antibiotics profiles except to penicillin (complete resistance). As a conclusion, the resistance to methicillin/oxacillin ofS. aureus in Hamedan hospitals has reached to 50% and they show multidrug resistance.

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  1. Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

    Alireza Zamani

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

    Siavash Sadeghian, Jalal Ghaderkhani, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Mohammad Najafimosleh, Hadi Shahrabi Farahani & Rasoul Yousefi-Mashouf

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, School of Medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Hamedan, Iran

    Mohammad Taghi Goodarzi

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Zamani, A., Sadeghian, S., Ghaderkhani, J. et al. Detection of methicillin-resistance (mec-A) gene inStaphylococcus aureus strains by PCR and determination of antibiotic susceptibility. Ann. Microbiol. 57, 273–276 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03175219

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