Background Staphylococcal protein A (spa) is an important virulence factor which enables
Staphylococcus aureus to evade host immune responses. Genotypes known as “spa-types” …

Abstract Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains are
prevalent in healthcare and the community. Few studies have examined MRSA carriage …

Background Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that can colonize healthy
people mainly in the anterior nares. The aim of the present study was to evaluate S. aureus …

Objectives To analyse the contamination of public transports by Staphylococcus aureus and
assess its carriage by biomedical students, focussing on the point-prevalence, related risk …

Background: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) especially methicillin-
resistant S. aureus (MRSA) among health care personnel poses a risk to the patient …

The current study was conducted to investigate the bacterial causes of eye infection which
include inflammation of Conjunctivitis, eye lid infection (Blepharitis) and Dacryosystitis. One …

This study aimed to S. aureus typing using gene encoding protein A (spa gene typing) in
some clinical and environmental samples collected from microbiology laboratories at …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of MRSA carriage in among the medical students.
To assess the impact of hospital environment on the colonization by MRSA in students with …