Hemolytic activity and antibiotic resistance profiles of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> isolates from clinical patients.

ABSTRACT: Staphylococcus aureus is a common human pathogen that can cause vascular and skin infections, and patients undergoing hemodialysis are particularly susceptible to vascular access infections caused by S. aureus. Hemolysins are important virulence factors, and antibiotic resistance poses challenges for treatment. In this study, S. aureus isolates were collected from hemodialysis patients with vascular access, such as arteriovenous grafts, tunneled-cuffed catheters, and arteriovenous fistulas, as well as from non-vascular access infection (VAI) patients. The hemolytic phenotype and eight antibiotic susceptibility of these isolates were tested, and PCR was used to detect hemolysin (hla, hlb, hld, and hlgC/B) and antibiotic resistance gene

SUBMITTER: Lai Y-H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772328 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature