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                                                                <journal-id>ahi evran med j</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Ahi Evran Medical Journal</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2619-9203</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kirsehir Ahi Evran University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46332/aemj.1667799</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Microbiology</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Klinik Mikrobiyoloji</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Frequency of Staphylococcus Aureus Isolates from Clinical Specimens and Changes in Antibiotic Susceptibility Results by Years</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Klinik Örneklerden İzole Edilen Staphylococcus Aureus İzolatlarının Sıklığı ve Antibiyotik Duyarlılık Sonuçlarının Yıllara Göre Değişimi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-6764</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kalaycı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hacer Özlem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6298-6181</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>İbik</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yunus Emre</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-6177</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çalgın</surname>
                                    <given-names>Mustafa Kerem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260429">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>10</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>39</fpage>
                                        <lpage>47</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250328">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>28</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20251027">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2017, Ahi Evran Medical Journal</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Ahi Evran Medical Journal</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Purpose: This study aimed to determine the distribution of S.aureus strains isolated from clinical specimens in a training and research hospital according to clinics and specimen types and evaluate the change in antibiogram results over the years. Materials and Methods: S. aureus strains isolated from various clinical samples in the Microbiology Laboratory of Ordu University Training and Research Hospital between May 2021 and May 2024 were included in the study. Identification and antibiogram results of the isolates were evaluated retrospectively.Results: In our study, 143 (24.2%) of 592 isolates were identified as MRSA and 449 (75.8%) as MSSA. The highest rate of growth was observed in samples from outpatient clinics, and both MRSA and MSSA strains were most frequently isolated from urine samples. The most resistant antimicrobials for MRSA were tetracycline (54.5%), clindamycin (41.3%) and erythromycin (40.6%) while for MSSA erythromycin (21.3%), tetracycline (20.6%) and clindamycin (18.6%). No resistance to daptomycin, linezolid, teicoplanin and vancomycin was found in both strains. Conclusion: Although no glycopeptide resistance was found in S. aureus strains isolated from various cultures in our hospital, TMP/SXT, moxifloxacin, gentamicin and amikacin can be used in the treatment of both MRSA and MSSA. The results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests are important in the selection of appropriate treatment.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmada bir eğitim araştırma hastanesinde klinik örneklerden izole edilmiş olan S.aureus suşlarının kliniklere ve örnek türüne göre dağılımının tespiti ve antibiyogram sonuçlarının yıllar içerisinde değişiminin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Araçlar ve Yöntem: Mayıs 2021 - Mayıs 2024 tarihleri arasında Ordu Üniversitesi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı’nda çeşitli klinik örneklerden izole edilen S. aureus suşları çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. İzolatların tanımlama ve antibiyogram sonuçları retrospektif olarak değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Çalışmamızda 592 izolatın 143’ü (%24.2) MRSA, 449’u (%75.8) MSSA olarak tanımlanmıştır. En yüksek oranda polikliniklerden gelen örneklerde üreme gözlenmiş olup hem MRSA hem de MSSA suşları en sık idrar örneklerinden izole edilmiştir. MRSA için sırası ile en dirençli antimikrobiyaller tetrasiklin (%54.5), klindamisin (%41.3) ve eritromisin (%40.6) olurken MSSA için eritromisin (%21.3), tetrasiklin (%20.6) ve klindamisin (%18.6) olarak tespit edilmiştir. Her iki suşta da daptomisin, linezolid, teikoplanin ve vankomisin direncine rastlanmamıştır.Sonuç: Hastanemizde çeşitli kültürlerden izole edilen S.aureus suşlarında glikopeptide direnç rastlanmamakla birlikte TMP/SXT, moksifloksasin, gentamisin ve amikasinlerin hem MRSA’nın hem de MSSA’nın tedavisinde kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir. Uygun tedavinin seçilmesinde antimikrobiyal duyarlılık testlerinin sonuçları önemlidir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>antibiotic resistance</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>antibiyotik direnci</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  metisiline dirençli Staphylococcus aureus</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  metisiline duyarlı Staphylococcus aureus</kwd>
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