Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients at a tertiary hospital in Tehran, Iran, 2018–2019

• Published in: European journal of medical research Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Qodrati, Mohammad, SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad, Dehghan Manshadi, Seyed Ali, Abdollahi, Alireza, Dadras, Omid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 17.08.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Automation; Communicable diseases; Developing countries; Drug resistance; Empiric therapy; Hospitals; Infectious diseases; Iran; Methicillin; Methods; MRSA; Otolaryngology; Patients; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus infections; Staphylococcus infections; Iran; Tehran Iran
• ISSN: 2047-783X; 0949-2321; 2047-783X
• DOI: 10.1186/s40001-022-00778-w

Background Staphylococcus aureus, a human skin and mucous membranes colonizer, could opportunistically cause a variety of infectious diseases. Frequently, it is resistant to methicillin (MRSA), and often, co-resistant to many clinically available antibiotics. MRSA is a major burden for healthcare sy...