Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs) are highly mobile phage-related mobile genetic elements in staphylococci. Elements similar to SaPIs have been detected in related Gram-positive ...

A new analytical tool can improve a hospital's ability to limit the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections over traditional methods like contact tracing, according to a new study led by researchers ...

Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced positive topline results for the phase 3 ERADICATE study, evaluating ceftobiprole in the treatment of adult patients ...

Records of patients from whom Staph. aureus had previously been recovered and tested for penicillin sensitivity were also studied. Nasal cultures were obtained from a number of healthy infants and ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday said the durian candies that downed nearly 2,000 people, including children, tested positive for the bacteria staphylococcus aureus. Maria Lourdes ...

Alavarez and colleagues studied the rate of S. aureus colonization at monthly intervals and during viral upper respiratory infection (URI) in the first 6 months of life. Methicillin-resistant S.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 1 Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD)today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food & DrugAdministration (FDA) to market its Xpert(TM) MRSA/SA Blood Culture (BC) test,which ...

Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs; bacteria that resist treatment with more than one antibiotic) to their hospitalized owners, and likewise humans could be ...