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Molecular epidemiological methods have been proven to be
cost-effective for surveillance and study of nosocomial outbreaks.
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is the gold standard for
molecular epidemiology studies but repetitive element
sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) could be an
alternative in view that it has the same discriminatory power but
is more rapid, easier and cheaper to do. The aim of this study was
to study the genetic relatedness among the MRSA strains that were
collected from patients in the general intensive care unit at a
tertiary hospital.
The outbreak of food poisoning cases due to the ingestion of the
bacterium Staphylococcus aureus has been reported with significant
level of morbidity worldwide. Malaysian hot and humid climate gives
an opportunity for the growth and multiplication of this
microorganism and its toxin production. The contamination of food
items is usually because the lack of self hygiene of food handlers
which transfers S. aureus from their face, hands and body. This
study focus on the prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriers, the
number of food contaminated with this bacterium, their
antimicrobial susceptibility profile and the association between S.
aureus nasal carrier in food handlers and socio-demography, carrier
status, and premise's grade.
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