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Abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be transmitted through direct contact with infected individuals, wounds, or contaminated surfaces as well as via indirect methods contact with contaminated equipment or environment. Also, around 25% of individuals carry S. aureus in their noses. These transmission routes will be evaluated and discussed in relation to how this bacterium gains a foothold in the eye. This bacterium is one of the most common causes of ocular infections world-wide and it ability to gain resistance to antimicrobials makes treating these infections challenging.

Short Biography: Ms Gul Naz has an MSc in “Molecular Characterization of Porin coding genes in lineal isolates of Escherichia coli” and is currently studying linkages between environment, animal and human health under the ‘One Health’ concept, concentrating on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) & zoonotic potential of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from sub-clinical mastatic milk samples. She has published a paper entitled “Molecular characterization and computational studies of ompC in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology. DOI: 10.53555/jptcp.v30i19.3875”. Whilst visiting the School, she will work on whole genome sequence comparisons of S. aureus from mastitis and the eye.