A broad variety of infections, ranging from minor infections of the skin to post-operative
wound infections can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The adaptive power of S …

Infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria represent a major public
health burden, not just in terms of morbidity and mortality, but also in terms of increased …

DNA amplification is essential to most nucleic acid testing strategies, but established
techniques require sophisticated equipment or complex experimental procedures, and their …

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 …

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

In the twenty-first century, the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central part in
optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying local and global …

Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the genes that encode for Panton-Valentine
leucocidin (PVL), a highly potent toxin, have been responsible for recent outbreaks of severe …

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 …

In the field of orthopaedic surgery, bacterial invasion of implants and the resulting
periprosthetic infections are a common and unresolved problem. Antimicrobial susceptibility …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is essential for guiding the treatment of many types of
bacterial infections, especially in the current context of rising rates of antibiotic resistance …