Antibiograms, toxin profiling and molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two tertiary hospitals in Jordan | Zendy

Ziad W. Jaradat | Zendy; Thamer A Hamdan | Zendy; Wail Hayajneh | Zendy; Waseem Al Mousa | Zendy; Asem Shehabi | Zendy

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Antibiograms, toxin profiling and molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two tertiary hospitals in Jordan

Author(s) -

Ziad W. Jaradat,

Thamer A Hamdan,

Wail Hayajneh,

Waseem Al Mousa,

Asem Shehabi

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.8270

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , teicoplanin , staphylococcus aureus , cefoxitin , clindamycin , biology , sccmec , vancomycin , erythromycin , antibiotic resistance , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , restriction fragment length polymorphism , antibiotics , polymerase chain reaction , gene , bacteria , genetics

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major cause of hospital-associated infections. This study was undertaken to investigate toxin profiles as well as antibiotic resistance patterns of S. aureus isolates form two tertiary hospitals in Jordan.

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