BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of @entity794 isolates from the @entity1 , staff, air and environments of an ICU in a hospital in Tehran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: During this study, 37 @entity794 isolates were collected and analyzed via the @entity11028 typing method. RESULTS: Of the 37 @entity794 isolates, 35 (94%) were methicillin resistant ( @entity794 ), 28 (76%) were identified as SCCmec types III or IIIA, four (10%) were identified as SCCmec types I or IA and three (8%) were identified a SCCmec type IV. All of the @entity794 isolates were resistant to @entity6101 and contained mecA. The isolates were all @entity11028 typed and found to comprise 11 @entity11028 types, including t7688, t7689, and t7789, which have not previously been reported. The @entity11028 type t7688 was isolated from the hands of two ICU personnel. The @entity11028 type t7689 was observed among five isolates from the air and the environment. The @entity11028 type t7789 was observed among three isolates from the @entity1 , ventilators and the air. The majority of the isolates (43%) belonged to @entity11028 types t030 and t037. CONCLUSION: Our results revealed that @entity794 strains that were isolated from the air, the environment of the ICU and the @entity1 who were colonized or infected with @entity794 often exhibited the same @entity11028 and SCCmec types. These results also reveal that the isolates from the @entity1 and environment were usually indistinguishable.

Molecular investigation of XXXX isolated from the @entity1 , personnel, air and environment of an ICU in a hospital in Tehran.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity11028 :: ('729238', 'Gene') :: ['spa'] @entity794 :: ('1280', 'Species') :: ['Staphylococcus aureus', 'MRSA', 'S. aureus'] @entity6101 :: ('MESH:D010068', 'Chemical') :: ['oxacillin']
@entity794 :: (1280,Species) :: ['Staphylococcus aureus']
