Marzieh Askarinia
1, 2, Ali Ganji
3, 4, Farhad Jadidi-Niaragh
5, 6, 7, Sajad Hasanzadeh
8, Bahram Mohammadi
2, Farideh Ghalamfarsa
2, Ghasem Ghalamfarsa
2, Hassan Mahmoudi
9* 
1 Student Research Committee, Yasuj University of medical sciences, Yasuj, Iran
2 Medicinal Plants Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
3 Molecular and Medicine Research Center, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
4 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
5 Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
6 Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
7 Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8 Department of Internal Medicine, Yasouj University of Medical Sciences, Yasouj, Iran
9 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is among the pathogens capable of developing a broad spectrum of infections in human beings. In addition to the hospital, the bacterium is present in the community and has a high resistance to antibiotics, which is also increasing on an ongoing basis. Resistance to β-lactam antibiotic family is one of the concerns about the bacterium that has encountered the treatment of such infections with difficulty. Due to the increased resistance and importance of this bacterium, new strategies are needed to control this pathogen. One of these approaches is the use of medicinal plants, which has attracted many researchers in the last decade. Several studies have been carried out or are being designed using various herbs to find active ingredients to deal with this bacterium. The aim of this study was to present the antibacterial activity of different medicinal plants and the effects of their active ingredients on methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus and to clarify the pathway to further studies in this regard.