Genes key to staph disease severity, drug resistance found hitchhiking together

...olved more than 100 strains of S. aureus and S. epidermidis , both bacteria found on the skin of most people. ...se disease. While screening S. aureus and S. epidermidis strains, Dr. Otto's group noticed that some strai...ns and 68 percent of all methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis strains analyzedwhereas the researchers did not f...

Derma Sciences Announces First Commercial Sales of BIOGUARD(TM) Barrier Dressings

...lis 6.26 (>99.9999%) Enterobacter (Aerobacter) aerogenes 5.88 (>99.999%) Staphylococcus epidermidis 7.44 (>99.99999%) Listeria monocytogenes 6.97 (>99.9999%) Vancomycin-Resistant En...

A strange case of upper obstructive syndrome

... (mechanical erosion, lack of interposed retroperitoneal tissue, excessive pulsation of redundantly placed grafts, septic procedures by Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm infection, inadequate prosthetic materials). In our case, ADF formation was related to graft pulsation on the duodenal wall. The presentat...

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Wyeth Receives Approvable Letter from FDA for TYGACIL for the Treatment of Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

...tant isolates), Enterococcus faecium (vancomycin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Enterococcus gallinarum, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus epidermidis (methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Acinetobacter baumannii, Aeromonas hydrophila, Citrobacter koseri, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Past...

FDA Accepts Wyeth's Supplemental New Drug Application for Tygacil for the Treatment of Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

...tant isolates), Enterococcus faecium (vancomycin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Enterococcus gallinarum, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus epidermidis (methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Acinetobacter baumannii, Aeromonas hydrophila, Citrobacter koseri, Enterobacter aerogenes and Paste...

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BBL CHROMagar MRSA

Description:...the direct detection and/or confirmation of MRSA. Selective agents are incorporated for the suppression of gram-negative organisms, most strains of S. epidermidis and yeast. S. aureus hydrolyzes the chromogenic substrate resulting in mauve colonies, thus permitting differentiation from other gram-positive organi...
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NIAID scientists to speak on range of infectious disease topics at major scientific meeting

...s disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines (Warren Strober, M.D.) Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis (Michael Otto, Ph.D.) and Staphylococcus aureus (Frank DeLeo, Ph.D.) Finding ways to treat primary immunodeficiencies, inherited conditions in which ...

Newly found sensing system enables certain bacteria to resist human immune defenses

...ories (RML), the scientists used the gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis to study its response to a specific human AMP, human beta defensin 3. S. epidermidis is one of several hard-to-treat infectious agents that can be transmitted t...

PGA on a tour under the skin

... The microorganism Staphylococcus epidermidis is harmless on human skin, but it is the leading c...s and infections of indwelling medical devices. S. epidermidis is associated with an enormous number of infection...om Rocky Mountain Laboratories demonstrate that S. epidermidis secretes an extracellular polymer called poly-gamm...

Substance protects resilient staph bacteria

...A substance found on the surface of Staphylococcus epidermidis has, for the first time, been shown to protect the...(NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. S. epidermidis is one of several hard-to-treat infectious agents ...a-DL-glutamic acid, or PGA--must be present for S. epidermidis to survive on medical implants. S....

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

Multiporator / Electroporator 2510 Transformation Protocol Protocol No. 4308 915.534 01/2002 ...

Staphylococcus epidermidis

Multiporator / Electroporator 2510 Transformation Protocol Protocol No. 4308 915.534 01/2002 ...

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

...g mothers and of those incidences 75 to 95% are diagnosed within the first twelve weeks postpartum. While Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are considered to be the main infectious agents associated with mastitis, increased multi-drug resistance to antibiotics are making such infections d...

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

...g mothers and of those incidences 75 to 95% are diagnosed within the first twelve weeks postpartum. While Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are considered to be the main infectious agents associated with mastitis, increased multi-drug resistance to antibiotics are making such infections d...

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

...g mothers and of those incidences 75 to 95% are diagnosed within the first twelve weeks postpartum. While Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are considered to be the main infectious agents associated with mastitis, increased multi-drug resistance to antibiotics are making such infections d...