Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) as an epidemiological marker for typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus recovered from KSA

Moussa, I. M.¹*, Al-Qahtani, A. A.², Gassem, M. A.³, Ashgan, M. H.⁴, Dalia Kadry Ismail⁵, Ghazy, A. I.³ and Shibl, A. M.⁶

¹Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, King Saudi Arabia.

²Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

³College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, King Saudi Arabia.

⁴College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, King Saudi Arabia.

⁵Kasr Eleini hospital, Cairo University, P. O. Box109, Cairo 11559, Egypt.

⁶College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, King Saudi Arabia.