Prevalence and phylogenetic relationship among methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococci isolated from hospital’s dairy food, food handlers, and patients

Objective: The aim of the present work was to investigate the mutual role that may be played by the served dairy food and food handlers in the transmission of methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococci to patients who were hospitalized in Qena City, Egypt