Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carrying lukS-lukF Gene in Iraqi Patients with Furunculosis

Abdlhafed Abdlhalem Ismael Al-Halaq; Nawal M. Utba

doi:10.24996/ijs.2023.64.7.13

Authors

Abdlhafed Abdlhalem Ismael Al-Halaq Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 10071
Nawal M. Utba Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 10071 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0312-9569

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2023.64.7.13

Keywords:

Staphylococcus aureus, mecA, lukS-lukF, furunculosis

Abstract

In this study, Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the causative agent of furunculosis in 64 (27.5%) out of 233 Iraqi patients presented with furunculosis. 16SrRNA gene was located in all isolates. Nevertheless, mecA and lukS-lukF genes were located in 60% and 4% of S. aureus isolates, respectively. Interestingly, the lukS-lukF carrying S. aureus isolates were mecA positive as well.