Amplification of mecA gene in multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from hospital personnel

Amplification of mecA gene in multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from hospital personnel

Background: Antibiotic resistance is common among bacterial pathogens associated with both community acquired and nosocomial infections. In view of the present problem of drug resistance we investigated the prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and amplified the mecA gene...

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Main Authors: Asad U. Khan, Ayesha Sultan, Anju Tyagi, Shazia Zahoor, Mohd Akram, Sukhminderjit Kaur, Mohd Shahid, Chetana V. Vaishnavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
methicillin resistance
Staphylococcus aureus
plasmid
mecA gene
hospital personnel
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/366
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