TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.39, sa.5, ss.783-789, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Aim: Nosocomial infections due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arc an important problem with limited therapeutic options. The aim of this study was to determine the vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, tigecycline, erythromycin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, rifampin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and clindamycin susceptibility, inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (iMLS(B)) resistance, and clonal diversity patterns of 109 mecA positive Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients with nosocomial infections in Hacettepe University Adult Hospital between 2002 and 2004.