Small colony variants (SCVs) were first described more than 100 years ago for
Staphylococcus aureus and various coagulase-negative staphylococci. Two decades ago …

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a literature review of the
laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …

Full characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) requires
definition of not only the bacterial genetic background but also the structure of the complex …

Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus was cultured from the exit site of a temporary dialysis
catheter of a patient with diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and persistent foot ulcers …

ABSTRACT A multiplex PCR assay for detection of genes for staphylococcal enterotoxins A
to E (entA, entB, entC, entD, and entE), toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (tst), exfoliative toxins A …

In this study we describe a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of nine clinically relevant
antibiotic resistance genes of Staphylococcus aureus. Conditions were optimized to amplify …

Background. This report compares the clinical characteristics, epidemiologic investigations,
infection-control evaluations, and microbiologic findings of all 7 of the cases of vancomycin …

Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (a total of 206) and S. epidermidis (a total of 188)
from various countries were tested with multiplex PCR assays to detect clinically relevant …

This chapter discusses mainly those Gram‐positive cocci that were members of the former
family Micrococcaceae prior to its redefinition. The genera have now been rearranged in …

Staphylococcus aureus is the cause of serious infections in humans, including endocarditis,
deep-seated abscesses, and bacteremia, which lead to toxic and septic shock syndromes …