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Objective To investigate antibiotic resistance and Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC-mec) genotype of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)in Dalian Area .Methods Antimicrobial susceptibility of MRSA was detected by Kirby-Bauer method and SCCmec genotype by multiple PCR method .Results 38 strains of MRSA were all multidrug-resistant strains ,but susceptible to vancomycin and chloramphenicol .The most common SCCmec genotype was type Ⅱ (86 .84% ) ,type Ⅲwas in the second place(10 .53% ) ,and unidentified type accounted for 2 .6% .Conclusion MRSA strains in Dalian area are charac-terized by multidrug resistance ,type Ⅱ is the most common SCCmec genotype .
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Objective To investigate antibiotic resistance and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec(SCCmec)genotype of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with nosocomial infections.Methods Antibiotic susceptibility pattern anti the gene mecA were examined in 89 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with nosocomial infection in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital.The SCCmec genotype in the mecA-positive strains were fuaher investigated with multiplex PCR.Results In 89 Staphylococcus aureus strains,21(23.6%)were phenotypic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)and 39(43.8%)were rnecA positive,the difierence was of statistical significance(χ2=8.146,P=0.004).MRSA strains showed multiple-antibiotic resistance but sensitive to vancomycin.Tvpe Ⅲ SCCmec carriers were the major epidemiological strains(26/39,66.7%).ConclusionMRSA strains isolated from Tianjin Medieal University Cancer Institute and Hospital are characterized by multi-drug resistance,and type Ⅲ is the dominant SCCmec earried by the MRSA strains.