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 ...

AIMS To identify and determine antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS) isolated from patients with chronic blepharitis, purulent conjunctivitis, and suppurative keratitis.

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In many countries in Africa, up to nine out of ten children suffer from a skin problem, and there are far too few local ...

The study was recently published in The ISME Journal, and the results show that the composition of the microbiome influences how well multi-resistant staphylococci can thrive in the nose. This opens ...

She is Head of Clinical Research Interface at Genomics England. GW receives a grant from the Federal Ministry of Health to run the National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci (current ...

Here, Hossain et al. show that SCC mobile genomic islands, known to spread antibiotic resistance among staphylococci, can also play a role in mobilizing anti-phage defenses. The leading region of ...

Coagulase positive Staphylococci also have been implicated in the acne genesis process (Brown & Shalita, 1998; Hirsch & Shalita, 2002). Despite not representing a risk to life, acne can entail ...

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Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology, cell ...