@ARTICLE{Vaez, author = {Vaez, Hamid and Ghazi Saeidi, Kiomars and Moradi, Abdolvahab and Tabaraei, Ali and Khodabakhshi, Behnaz and Bazouri, Masoud and Golriz, Nastaran and Ghaemi, Ezatallah and }, title = {Antibiotic resistance pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Health-educational centers of Gorgan, Iran, 2008-2009 }, volume = {3}, number = {4}, abstract ={Background and objective: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is a main cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. Multidrug resistance property of strains causes difficulties in treatment of their infection. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of MRSA and their resistance pattern to commonly used antibiotics in Health-educational centers of Gorgan. Material and Methods: In this descriptive study, 121 clinical isolates of Staphylorcoccus aureuscollected from different infections from September 2008 to August 2009. After confirmatory identification tests, the antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by using disk diffusion method as per Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute(CLSI) guideline. Data analyzed by Chi-square test and SPSS soft ware. P value of }, URL = {http://ijmm.ir/article-1-166-en.html}, eprint = {http://ijmm.ir/article-1-166-en.pdf}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology}, doi = {}, year = {2010} }