Identification of Staphylococcus aureus: DNase and Mannitol salt agar improve the efficiency of the tube coagulase test

DP Kateete, CN Kimani, FA Katabazi, A Okeng… - Annals of clinical …, 2010 - Springer
Background The ideal identification of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates requires a
battery of tests and this is costly in resource limited settings. In many developing countries …

Biodiversity of coagulase-negative staphylococci in French cheeses, dry fermented sausages, processing environments and clinical samples

E Coton, MH Desmonts, S Leroy, M Coton… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study, the biodiversity of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci (CNS) strains isolated in
France from cheese related samples (227 isolates) and dry sausage related samples (204 …

Characterization of methicillin-susceptible and-resistant staphylococci in the clinical setting: a multicentre study in Nigeria

A Shittu, O Oyedara, F Abegunrin, K Okon, A Raji… - BMC infectious …, 2012 - Springer
Background The staphylococci are implicated in a variety of human infections; however,
many clinical microbiology laboratories in Nigeria do not identify staphylococci (in particular …

Clinical and molecular epidemiologic characteristics of coagulase-negative staphylococcal bloodstream infections in intensive care neonates

V Hira, M Sluijter, S Estevão, D Horst-Kreft… - The Pediatric …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study aimed to determine clinical characteristics of coagulase-negative
staphylococcal (CoNS) sepsis in neonates, to assess the molecular epidemiology and …

Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in drinking water fountains in urban parks

GAC Santos, M Dropa, SM Rocha… - Journal of Water and …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
The presence of Staphylococcus aureus in drinking water is a concern because of its
potential to cause human infection and also because of its multiple antimicrobial resistance …

Coagulase-negative staphylococcal skin carriage among neonatal intensive care unit personnel: from population to infection

V Hira, M Sluijter, WHF Goessens, A Ott… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are a major cause of sepsis in neonatal intensive
care units (NICU) worldwide. Infecting strains of these commensal bacteria may originate …

Isolation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Retail Meats in Hong Kong

MV Boost, A Wong, J Ho… - Foodborne pathogens and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Objectives: The presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on meat
purchased from retail outlets may allow its spread to households and represents a risk for …

Comparison of growth on mannitol salt agar, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, VITEK® 2 with partial sequencing of 16S …

FA Ayeni, C Andersen, N Nørskov-Lauritsen - Microbial pathogenesis, 2017 - Elsevier
Mannitol salt agar (MSA) is often used in resources' limited laboratories for identification of
S. aureus however, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) grows and ferments mannitol …

Outbreak of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus in an Italian intensive care unit

A Mazzariol, G Lo Cascio, E Kocsis… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
We report an outbreak of linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains (MIC 32
mg/L) in patients admitted to the Verona University Hospital Intensive Care Unit. The strains …

Colonization of Butchers with Livestock‐Associated Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

M Boost, J Ho, L Guardabassi… - Zoonoses and Public …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Reports have documented colonization of swine in E urope, N orth A merica and more
recently in C hina with livestock‐associated methicillin‐resistant S taphylococcus aureus (LA …