Background: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most commonly emerging pathogen in community and hospital acquired infections. Hence, an accurate detection is not only important for the control of the infection, but also to control the endemicity of MRSA.
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of various phenotypic methods with mecA based PCR to detect MRSA. We also studied the resistance pattern of the MRSA isolates. Settings and Design: This was a prospective study which was conducted at a tertiary care hospital.