%0 Journal Article %A Salimi, Alireza %A Kamalbeik‎, Sepideh ‎ %A Mahdavinejad, Arezou %A Sabeti, ‎ Shahram‎ %A Talaie, ‎ Haleh‎ %T Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Ventilator Associated ‎Pneumonia in Toxicological Intensive Care Unit %J Iranian Journal of Toxicology %V 7 %N 23 %U http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-279-en.html %R %D 2014 %K Intensive Care Unit, Methicillin Resistance, Pneumonia, Staphylococus ‎Aureus, Ventilator.‎, %X Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococus Aureus (MRSA) is a cause of ‎nosocomial infections at intensive care unit (ICU), which imposes a high mortality and ‎morbidity on the health care systems.‎ The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of MRSA in patients with clinically ‎suspected ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in toxicological ICU admitted ‎patients.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed over a period of six months from ‎August 2009 to February 2010. A total of 84 patients with clinically suspected VAP were ‎selected from all 381 ICU admitted patients under mechanical ventilation for more than ‎‎48 hours. MRSA Screen Agar was used to detect resistance in Staph aureus ‎specimens. MRSA was determined as the main outcome.‎ Results: MRSA was the cause in 54% of Staph aureus infected VAPs. Although ‎MRSA infection was not significantly associated with age, gender, cause of poisoning, ‎chronic disease, paraclinical findings, length of hospital stay, and antibiotic prescription ‎‎(P>0.05 for all comparisons), it was reported higher in those who expired than those ‎who survived (66.7% vs. 31.9%, P %> http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-279-en.pdf %P 962-966 %& 962 %! %9 Research %L A-10-2-142 %+ Toxicological Research Center, Department of Clinical Toxicology, Loghman- Hakim Hospital, Shahid ‎Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.‎ %G eng %@ 2008-2967 %[ 2014