In this in vitro study the effect of XZ.700, a new endolysin, on methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms grown titanium was evaluated. Biofilms S. USA300 were grown...

Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated at eight large medical centers in Korea were examined for methicillin resistance and resistance to eight other antibiotics; cefazolin, cefamandole, cefuroxime, cefoxitin, cefotaxime, moxalactam, penicillin G and vancomycin. Methicillin resistance was found in 296 of 1225 strains (24.2%) of S. aureus and 126 of 348 strains (36...

BACKGROUND Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a major global problem. This study attempted to investigate the prevalence of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains among 360 healthy university students at An-Najah National University, Palestine. For the purpose of comparing the staphylococcal...

Ten samples containing various amounts of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin-susceptible S. aureus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), and combinations thereof were distributed to 51 laboratories for molecular diagnostics testing. Samples containing 10(2) to 10(3) MRSA cells were frequently reported to be negative. MRSE samples were scored as n...

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in the saliva of the nursing team of a teaching hospital in the interior of São Paulo State. Three saliva samples were collected from 351 individuals with an interval of two months between each collection. All ethical aspects were considered. In 867 (82.3%) cultures there was no identification of Staphylococcu...

ESR has undertaken national surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) since MRSA was first identified in New Zealand in 1975. For the next decade, MRSA remained uncommon in New Zealand, with a maximum of 13 people identified with MRSA in any one year. In a 1982 national survey of antimicrobial resistance among S. aureus, just one (0.05%) of 2077 isolates included in the...

extension of drug resistant staphylococcus aureus strains is one of the problems of modern society. presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in hiv-infected individuals is an important cause of severe infections. therefore, the main goal of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of mrsa carriage rate among hiv patients referring to the shiraz hiv referral center (...

The prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin sensitiveStaphylococcus aureus (MSSA) carriage among poultry and poultry farmers in Malaysia is largely unknown.In the current investigation, chickens and chicken farmers from 30 chicken farms were screened for MRSAand S. aureus carriage. The genetic characteristics of the isolates were determined through multi...

Staphylococcus aureus is a gram positive, nonmotile bacterium which normally colonizes in skin and mucosa of human and animal, transmitted by direct contact or via contaminated surfaces, which causes infections like skin infections , respiratory infections and food poisoning. Methicillin is a narrow spectrum betalactam antibiotic of the penicillin class which was previously used for the treatme...