@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.007617-0, author = "Kaibni, Maha H. and Farraj, Mohammad A. and Adwan, Kamel and Essawi, Tamer A.", title = "Community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Palestine", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2009", volume = "58", number = "5", pages = "644-647", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.007617-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.007617-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "RFT, restriction fragment type", keywords = "CA-MRSA, community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus", keywords = "MLRFT, multilocus restriction fragment typing", abstract = "Community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is becoming an important public-health problem. This study attempted to investigate S. aureus and MRSA colonization in nasal swabs obtained from 843 patients without a history of hospitalization at the time of hospital admission and from 72 health-care workers chosen for comparison. Of the patients, S. aureus was detected in 218/843 (25.9 %) and MRSA in 17/843 (2.0 %). Of the health-care workers, S. aureus was detected in 15/72 (20.8 %) and MRSA in 10/72 (13.9 %). The majority of the 27 MRSA isolates exhibited a sensitivity pattern expected for CA-MRSA. Multilocus restriction fragment typing resolved the isolates into eight restriction fragment types. The predominant restriction fragment types were AAACCAA and AAAAAAA, accounting for 51.9 % (14/27) of the MRSA isolates and included CC5 and CC1 groups, respectively. This study thus demonstrated the transmission of CA-MRSA strain types into a health-care setting, emphasizing the need for implementation of a revised set of control measures in both hospital and community settings.", }