conclusions the remarkable rates of biofilm production ability among clinically isolated staphylococci emphasize the necessity of more effective infections control policies to prevent biofilm formation on medical devices and hospital environmental surfaces. background biofilm formation capacity is recognized as an important virulence factor in staphylococci that makes the organisms more resista...

background: staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen. due to high prevalence of s. aureus infections and increasing resistance to antibiotics, physicians have been facing problems in choosing the appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy for such infections. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the pattern of antibiotic resistance in s. aureus clinical isolates of mashhad qu...

staphylococcus aureus is a major bacterial pathogen that causes different community- and hospital-acquired infections. over time, strains of s. aureus have become resistant to different antibiotics including penicillinase-resistant penicillins. having data on the local antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of this pathogen is necessary for selection of appropriate antibiotics for empirical treat...

background and objectives: staphylococcal food poisoning is a gastrointestinal disease, which is caused by consumption of contaminated food with enterotoxins produced by staphylococcus aureus (ses). milk and its products are known sources of food borne diseases. this study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of enterotoxigenic s. aureus strains in organic milk and cheese in tabriz - iran...

INTRODUCTION Reintroduction of endangered animals as part of conservational programs bears the risk of importing human pathogens from the sanctuary to the natural habitat. One bacterial pathogen that serves as a model organism to analyze this transmission is Staphylococcus aureus as it can colonize and infect both humans and animals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of various ...

BACKGROUND Contagious mastitis is an important disease in dairy cattle, and the causative agent S. aureus can also impair raw milk cheese quality. In a confined region in eastern Switzerland attitude, knowledge and behaviour towards S. aureus und S. aureus control was assessed in 90 dairy farmers with communal alpine pasturing including raw milk cheese production with the aid of a questionnaire...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus is an important human opportunistic pathogen residing on skin and mucosae of healthy people. Pigs have been identified as a source of human colonization and infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and novel measures are needed to control zoonotic transmission. A recent longitudinal study indicated that a minority of pigs characterized b...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus is frequently isolated from urine samples obtained from long-term care patients. The significance of staphylococcal bacteriuria is uncertain. We hypothesized that S. aureus is a urinary pathogen and that colonized urine could be a source of future staphylococcal infection. METHODS We performed a cohort study of 102 patients at a long-term care Veterans Affairs...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus is one predominant cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs), but little information exists regarding the characterization of S. aureus from non-native patients with SSTIs in China. METHODS In this study, we enrolled 52 non-native patients with S. aureus SSTIs, and 65 native control patients with S. aureus SSTIs in Shanghai. 52 and 65 S. aureus isolates...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the impact of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on patients with advanced cancer, such as its impact on the quality of life of this vulnerable group. To date, research on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the palliative care setting has had a quantitative focus. AIM The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a meticillin-resist...