Molecular Detection of Methicillin and Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Isolated From Burn and Wound Infection Patients

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is the major cause of healthcare-associated bacteremia in most of Hospital and it increased risk of infection, morbidity and mortality especially, when associated vancomycin resistance in same infection. In this study 42 S. aureus were isolated from burn and wound infection patients in Al-Qadisiyah teaching hospital and S. aureus was isolated by selective medium out form 50 swab samples. The PCR assay was used for direct detection of methicillin (mecA) and vancomycin (van) antibiotics resistance gene in 42 S. aureus isolates.