epidermidis, and is present in other staphylococci tested. Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME)May Contribute to Prolonged Skin Survival Arginine catabolic mobile element is thought to have ...

This applies particularly to the increasing prevalence and seriousness of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant strains of previously susceptible bacteria (notably staphylococci) and by ...

Antibiotic-lock therapy may only be considered for some subsets of catheter-related infections due to microorganism with low potential of virulence such as coagulase-negative staphylococci in the ...

However, in more recent years, there has been a significant shift in the microbiology of IE with the emergence of staphylococci as the most frequent pathogens, and for IE due to Staphylococcus aureus, ...

agalacticae/E. coli) whereas Late onset sepsis is likely caused by organisms from indwelling catheters or mucosal surfaces, most often coagulase negative staphylococci. Timing of an infection after ...

Delafloxacin also exhibited a strong activity (71.4 %–85.7 %.) against biofilm producing bacterial pathogens tested in this study. Interestingly, 82.14 % of the staphylococci tested in this study ...

OSN, a roundtable discusses the management of epithelial ingrowth after LASIK, neurotrophic keratitis and Demodex blepharitis ...

Leukopenia is when you have an abnormally low number of white blood cells (leukocytes). A low white blood cell count may or may not cause symptoms, but can result in serious health complications since ...

CoNS endocarditis is common and serious, with high mortality but improving prognosis. A major study explores key insights.

Background The gold standard for diagnosis of meningitis is the isolation of a pathogen from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by culture or PCR. However, treatment is routinely commenced based on CSF ...

Clinical response was equivocal, and staphylococci, which had been the predominant organisms in the pleural fluid, were gradually replaced by a mixture of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.