Emergence of Staphylococcus hominis strains expressing low-level resistance to quinupristin/dalfopristin in Greece

Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Strains

Clonal analysis of Staphylococcus hominis strains isolated from hospitalized patients.

Staphylococcus hominis is a part of normal skin flora, but it is also a cause of nosocomial infections. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic relatedness of 62 strains of S. hominis obtained from hospitalised patients during an 11-year period. For the discrimination of these clinical strains we used repetitive sequence-based PCR method (BOX-PCR) and multiple-locus variable-number...

Emergence of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus and S. sciuri, Greece

and specific detection of verotoxin genes in Escherichia coli by the polymerase chain reaction. TE. Detection and characterization of the eae gene of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli using polymerase chain reaction. To the Editor: Staphylococcal isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides, such as vancomycin and teicoplanin, are a serious public health problem because staph...

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates expressing low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Nigeria and South Africa

BACKGROUND Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial agent which is used for the treatment of skin and postoperative wound infections, and the prevention of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). However, the prevalence of mupirocin resistance in S. aureus, particularly in MRSA, has increased with the extensive and widespread use of this agent in hospital settings. Thi...

vancomycin resistance in staphylococcus aureus strains

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