SCCmec Genotypes of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nasal Carriage of Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Iran

• Egile Nagusiak: Yasaman JAMSHIDI (Egilea), Mohammad Reza POURMAND (Egilea), Zahra PAKBAZ (Egilea), Amirhossein POURMAND (Egilea), Abbas RAHIMI FOROUSHANI (Egilea), Mohammad Ali SAHRAIAN (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Asymptomatic nasal colonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus is common in Multiple Sclerosis patients. SCCmec types I to III are mainly attributed to HA-MRSA strains whereas SCCmec types IV and V have commonly been reported in CA-MRSA infections. Here, we assessed the f...