Open AccessDistribution of SCCmec Elements and Presence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolated from Clinical Samples in a University Hospital of Isfahan City, Iran
Author(s) -
Mehrdad Halaji,
Ashkan Karimi,
Parisa Shoaei,
Mohammad Reza Nahaei,
Farzin Khorvash,
Behrooz Ataei,
Majid Yaran,
Seyed Asghar Havaei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25518.10258
Subject(s) - sccmec , cefoxitin , microbiology and biotechnology , panton–valentine leukocidin , staphylococcus epidermidis , medicine , typing , virology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics
Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) is considered as a major pathogen of nosocomial infections among immunosuppressed patients.