Molecular Detection and Characterization of the and Isolated from Hospitalized Patients and Healthcare Workers in Iran.

Background: The present study is aimed at surveying the antibiotics resistance profile, biofilm formation ability, staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) types, and molecular epidemiology of and isolated from hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in four teaching hospitals in Iran.

Methods: In total, 43 and 12 were isolated from hospitalized patients, and 19 and 7 isolated from healthcare workers were included in the present study. The antimicrobial resistance profile of isolates was determined using the disk diffusion method.