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Background  Several reports designate the recent increase in community-acquired methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus  (CA-MRSA) nasal carriage. Because of the scanty information regarding the nasal carriage sate of MRSA in the west of Iran, the purpose of the present study was to determine the frequency of CA-MRSA in Sanandaj city.    Methods  Swabs collected from anterior nares of 600 volunteers were analyzed for the presence of  S. aureus . The isolates were further investigated for methicillin resistance by using the cefoxitin disk diffusion test, followed by PCR-amplification of the  mec A gene. SCC mec  types and the presence of the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin ( pvl ) encoding genes were determined through PCR. Finally, the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates was determined by the agar diffusion method.    Results  Nasal screening identified 181  S. aureus , of which 55 isolates were MRSA. SCC mec  types IV and V were detected in MRSA at frequencies of 80 and 20%, respectively. The overall frequency of  pvl  genes among the MRSA isolates was 14.54%. MRSA isolates were highly susceptible (98.18%) to mupirocin, gentamicin, and fusidic acid.    Conclusions  The high prevalence of CA-MRSA carriage in the population could pose a serious public health concern for the region. Additionally, advent of drug-resistant  pvl -positive strains demands continuous surveillance on the colonization state of CA-MRSA in order to prevent dissemination of the bacterium in the community.

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Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the West of Iran: a population-based cross-sectional study