

The findings obtained are valuable in creating awareness of S. aureus strains in Iranian burns patients was diverse. Conclusion The present study illustrated that despite the high frequency of coa III and spa t790 types, the genetic background of S.All the high-level mupirocin-resistant and low-level mupirocin resistant strains belonged to coa type III.

Ten different coa types were detected and the majority of the tested isolates belonged to coa III (47.2%). The most commonly detected antibiotic resistance gene was ant (4′)-Ia (60.7%). Panton-Valentine leucocidin encoding genes were identified in spa types t044 (5.6%), t852 (2.2%) and t008 (2.2%).
