Abstract

This study included the collection of 554 samples from different clinical sources and cases for patients of different ages, visit the different Diwaniyah hospitals for the period from November 2021 to March 2022. Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. The results showed the yield of 100 isolates of S aureus bacteria, which included 11 isolates from burns, 11 from wounds, 24 from sputum, and 55 from urine. MRSA was investigated using the method of spreading on the agar, and it was 80%, 50% urine, 25% sputum, 13% burns, and 11%wound. An antibiotic assay was done towards MRSA isolates, and the percentages were as follows: Penicillin 100%, Cefoxitin 100%, Moxifloxacin (MFX) 76.2%, Erythromycin 70%, azithromycin 63.7%, levofloxacin 51.5, CLARITHROMYCIN Amikacin 41, 38% 12, Clindamycin 287%, Ofloxacin 41.2%, Tetracycline 36.2%, Doxycycline 31.2%, Rifampin 23.7%, Norfloxacin 18.7%,Trimethoprim 18.7%, Gentamicin 13,3% Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole 12 and Ciprofloxacin and 12% and Nitrofurantoin 10% and Chloramphenicol 6.1%, while the values ​​of the MAR index ranged from 0.75 to 0.05

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