Protein Profiles and Prevalence of MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in GülhaneMilitary Academy Hospital in Turkey

Authors

SEFA CAN SAÇILIK
ÖZLEM OSMANAĞAOĞLU
ÖZGÜL KISA
AHMET BAŞUSTAOĞLU
CUMHUR ÇÖKMÜŞ

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to determine the relationship between Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from various clinical specimens in Gülhane Military Medical Academy, in Ankara, Turkey. In 1997, at this hospital, the percentage of S. aureus among all nosocomial isolates was 20% and the percentage of MRSA among these S. aureus isolates was 51%. Both sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and Native-Page (N-PAGE) were used for typing MRSA isolates which have common antibiotic susceptibility test results. MRSA isolates were also evaluated according to the whole-cell proteins (WCPs) and filtrate proteins (FPs). Using these methods, we concluded that all of the MRSA strains are from the same clonal group. These results are consistent with the results of our previous study.

DOI

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First Page

809

Last Page

816

Recommended Citation

SAÇILIK, SEFA CAN; OSMANAĞAOĞLU, ÖZLEM; KISA, ÖZGÜL; BAŞUSTAOĞLU, AHMET; and ÇÖKMÜŞ, CUMHUR (2000) "Protein Profiles and Prevalence of MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in GülhaneMilitary Academy Hospital in Turkey," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 24: No. 4, Article 13. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol24/iss4/13