Antibiotic resistance and typing of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Kuwait hospitals, 2016-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) belong to diverse genetic backgrounds that differ in antibiotic resistance. Knowledge of the local clonal composition of MRSA strains is important for patients' management and for designing effective control and eradication methods. The aim of this study was to compare the antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypic characteristics of MRSA isolates obtained in public hospitals in Kuwait in 2016 and 2017 for changes in their resistance patterns and clonal composition.

Methods

A total of 4726 MRSA isolates obtained in 2016-2017 from clinical specimens in Kuwait public hospitals were characterized using antibiogram, SCCmec typing, spa typing and DNA microarray.

Results

The isolates expressed resistance to fus

SUBMITTER: Boswihi SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7574199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature