In 1880, the Scottish surgeon Sir Alexander Ogston first described staphylococci in pus from
a surgical abscess in a knee joint:“The masses looked like bunches of grapes”[1]. In 1884 …

Staphylococcus aureus is an unusually successful and adaptive human pathogen that can
cause epidemics of invasive disease despite its frequent carriage as a commensal. Over the …

Despite impressive gains in knowledge about the microbe and the host, the understanding
and control of infections caused by staphylococci are still far from complete. Staphylococcus …

Staphylococci remain the most important cause of hospital-acquired infections in the US and
MRSA has become the most common cause of skin and soft tissue infection in many parts of …

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen in the hospital and in the community, and it
is increasingly resistant to multiple antibiotics. A nonantimicrobial approach to controlling S …

Members of the genus Staphylococcus still represent a topic of great relevance due to the
numerous types of infections they cause in humans and animals. Staphylococci have …

The pursuit of an effective staphylococcal vaccine has never been more critical, as
community-associated MRSA has become the most common bacterial infection in the US. In …

Pathogenic staphylococci are now regarded in the scientific community as antibiotic
resistant 'superbugs' because they have an amazing capacity to acquire resistance traits …

The last 25 years have witnessed a continuing interest in staphylococci as causes of human
infection even though over 100 years have elapsed since their discovery. This has been due …

Staphylococcus aureus owes its success as a pathogen in humans to100 (and counting)
specific factors that allow it to thwart, perturb, and evade host defenses [1]. The genes …