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Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types among methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci in central Iran.

Ehsanollah Ghaznavi‐Rad, Nasimeh Fard-Mousavi, Ali Shahsavari, Alireza Japoni-Nejad, Alex van Belkum

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: types from MR-CoNS isolated from clinical specimens in a tertiary hospital in central Iran, having high frequency of nosocomial methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS: complex analyses were performed. RESULTS: (5.7%) were identified. Thirty-nine were characterized as type IVa 19 (27%), type III 11 (16%), type II 7 (10%) and type V 2 (3%). Only 20 isolates (28.6%) carried the ccr complex, while the current methods could not characterize the 11 remaining isolates. CONCLUSION: IV for MRSA. This issue should be taken into consideration seriously.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: types from MR-CoNS isolated from clinical specimens in a tertiary hospital in central Iran, having high frequency of nosocomial methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS: complex analyses were performed. RESULTS: (5.7%) were identified. Thirty-nine were characterized as type IVa 19 (27%), type III 11 (16%), type II 7 (10%) and type V 2 (3%). Only 20 isolates (28.6%) carried the ccr complex, while the current methods could not characterize the 11 remaining isolates. CONCLUSION: IV for MRSA. This issue should be taken into consideration seriously.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: types from MR-CoNS isolated from clinical specimens in a tertiary hospital in central Iran, having high frequency of nosocomial methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections. MATERIALS AND METHODS: complex analyses were performed. RESULTS: (5.7%) were identified. Thirty-nine were characterized as type IVa 19 (27%), type III 11 (16%), type II 7 (10%) and type V 2 (3%). Only 20 isolates (28.6%) carried the ccr complex, while the current methods could not characterize the 11 remaining isolates. CONCLUSION: IV for MRSA. This issue should be taken into consideration seriously.

Key concepts: SCCmec, Coagulase, cons, Microbiology, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Typing, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Biology

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