Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50435#.VD9CFlfHRK0 Author(s) Fatemeh Shakeri 1 , Ezzat Allah Ghaemi 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran . 2 Infectious Research Center and Microbiology Department, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran . ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus typing using gene encoding protein A ( spa typing) seems to have a high potential discriminatory power for typing this bacterium. This study was designed based on spa typing method to compare the S. aureus types among healthy carrier vs patients, and MRSA vs MSSA isolates. Method: This study was carried out on 182 spa typeable S. aureus isolates, including 52 MRSA. DNA was extracted by ...
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