title: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated in Saudi Arabia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns.
abstract: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) comprised about 7.5% per annum of all S. aureus isolated in a general hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during the 3 year period 1990-1992. Most isolates were from wound sites (71%). Resistance to gentamicin (83%) and tetracycline (93%) was frequently observed whilst resistance to ciprofloxacin (1%) and rifampicin (6%) was uncommon. Low levels of mupirocin resistance (MIC 8 mg l-1), were detected in 3% of all MRSA isolates.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Dibb
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*