Sepsis is among the most common causes of death in hospitals. It arises from the host
response to infection. Currently, diagnosis relies on nonspecific physiological criteria and …

Staphylococci are among the leading causes of nosocomial infections. Increasing
insusceptibility to β-lactams and the glycopeptides complicates treatment of these infections …

Background Animals can act as a reservoir and source for the emergence of novel meticillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones in human beings. Here, we report the …

We developed a new multiplex PCR assay for detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin
virulence genes and simultaneous discrimination of methicillin-susceptible from-resistant …

ABSTRACT From January 2007 to December 2009, an annual Canadian national
surveillance study (CANWARD) tested 2,943 urinary culture pathogens for antimicrobial …

The enormous genetic flexibility of bacteria jeopardizes the usefulness of currently available
antibiotics, and requires new approaches to antibiotic discovery and development …

Rates of colonization with livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) sequence type 398 have been high for pigs and pig farmers in Canada, but …

Background The recent discovery of a mecA homologue (mecA LGA251) with a high level of
variability between the two gene variants suggested that Staphylococcus aureus harbouring …

The present study was designed to characterize methicillin-resistant staphylococci from raw
meat. A total of 126 meat samples were obtained from open markets between February and …

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), remains the top fatal
infection continuing to threat public health, and the present detection method for MTB is …