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Background & Aim: Staphylococcus aureus is one of the main causes of nosocomial infections and plays an important role in making hospital staff sick. This study was aimed to investigate the frequency of Staphylococcus aureus carriers and its methicillin-resistant pattern in Torbat Heydariyeh hospitals staff in 2013.

Methods: This is a descriptive/cross sectional study conducted on 130 hospital staff in Torbat Heydariyeh in 2013. The sampling was done using a sterile swab from anterior nasal of each person. Then, the samples were cultured on mannitol salt agar and identified by Gram staining test. Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus strains was determined by Kirby-bauer method. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were identified using oxacillin agar method.

Results: 28 out of 130 cases (21.5%) were nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus. Staff of ICU and laboratory had the highest Staphylococcus …