Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in clinical samples of patients with external ocular infection

Background and Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus is the main Gram-positive bacteria isolated from patients with ocular infections. Herein, we describe the pattern of antibiotic resistance, presence of resistance genes including ermA, ermB, ermC, msrA, mecA and the pvl cytotoxin gene in S. aureus is...

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Main Authors: Ashkan Faridi, Amir Tavakoli Kareshk, Mehdi Fatahi-Bafghi, Mahsa Ziasistani, Mohammad Reza Kandehkar Ghahraman, Seyedeh Zeinab Seyyed-Yousefi, Noshin Shakeri, Davood Kalantar-Neyestanaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/1579