Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen that can cause a variety of infections,
including superficial and systematic infections, in humans and animals. The persistent …

Two hundred nonduplicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates
causing bacteremia in patients in four major Hong Kong hospitals during the period 2000 to …

The genome of Staphylococcus aureus consists of a single circular chromosome (2.7–2.8
mbp) plus an assortment of extrachromosomal accessory gene elements: conjugative and …

Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from poultry between 1970 and 1972 (90 old
isolates) and in 2006 (81 recent isolates) were screened for the presence of bap, icaA and …

Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cef... : Critical Care Medicine Carriage
of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, ceftazidime-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, and …

We isolated 55 coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) over two separate 12-month
periods (26 in 1993 and 29 in 1996) from the blood of neonates in a neonatal intensive case …

ABSTRACT A retrospective population-based study of genotypes of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was performed during the period 1991–2003 in two …

The occurrence of methicillin-resistant staphylococci was investigated in fresh seafood,
seafood products and related samples. Staphylococci were isolated from 13 (68.42%) fresh …

Staphylococcus aureus is a natural commensal microflora of humans which causes
opportunistic infections due to its large arsenal of exotoxins, invasion, immune evasion, and …

The present invention provides methods of: identifying pathogens in biological samples from
humans and animals, resolving a plurality of etiologic agents present in samples obtained …