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| | Diseases - Activity 5 - VRSA Database, page 1 |
 | | Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is a bacterium that is commonly found on the skin and in the eyes, nose, and throat of animals and humans. | | | SA enters the body through wounds such as burns, deep cuts, or surgical incisions. | | | Likewise, SA poses a threat to newborns, whose immune systems are not yet fully functioning. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Staphylococcus lives as a commensal on the skin and in the nose of humans and animals, as well as in the environment. | | | Basic handwashing techniques such as that developed by Professor G.A.J. Ayliffe, which has six steps, are effective in preventing the transmission of Staphylococcus aureus. | | | Staphylococcus aureus (which is occasionally given the nickname golden staph) is a bacterium, frequently living on the skin or in the nose of a healthy person, that can cause illnesses ranging from minor skin infections (such as pimples, boils, and cellulitis) and abscesses, to life-threatening diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis, endocarditis and septicemia. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | These new drugs, such as methicillin and oxacillin, were semi-synthetic penicillin derivatives, with functional groups placed in novel locations (1). | | | There have also been preliminary investigations into the development of a Staphylococcus vaccine. | | | Given this threat, and the enormous financial toll that antibiotic resistant diseases already take on the American health care system, there have been a series of recommendations issued on how to deal with the emerging problem of vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus. |
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http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/courses/mb427/2001/projects/02/staph.htm
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| | Staphylococcus aureus, NF93-159 |
| | Staphylococcus aureus (commonly referred to as "staph") is part of our natural microflora. | | | Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are found on our skin, in infected cuts and pimples, and in our noses and throats. | | | The toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus causes the illness staphylococcal intoxication. |
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http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/foods/nf159.htm
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| | Staphylococcus aureus and food poisoning |
| | Staphylococcus aureus is indeed found in the nostrils, and on the skin and hair of warm-blooded animals. | | | Coleman, D.C., Sullivan, D.J., Russel, R.J., Arbuthnott, J.P., Carey, B.F. and Pomeroy, H.M. Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages mediating the simultaneous lysogenic conversion of | | | Staphylococcus aureus is a facultative anaerobic Gram-positive coccus; it is non-motile and catalase and coagulase positive. |
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http://www.funpecrp.com.br/gmr/year2003/vol1-2/sim0009_full_text.htm
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| | FindArticles search for "Staphylococcus" |
| | THE INCREASING PREVALENCE of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a global issue and affects nursing practice in many clinical... | | | The impact and prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance in rural community healthcare settings is uncertain. | | | Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most common pathogen among patients with skin and soft tissue infections... |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=Staphylococcus
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| | eMedicine - Staphylococcal Infections : Article by Thomas Herchline, MD |
| | Deresinski S: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an evolutionary, epidemiologic, and therapeutic odyssey. | | | Embolic lesions in patient with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. | | | Close-up view of embolic lesions in patient with Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2166.htm
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | Coagulase negative strains of Staphylococcus are generally non-invasive. | | | Under certain conditions, however, they may cause severe disease (e.g. |
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http://www.cehs.siu.edu/fix/medmicro/staph.htm
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| | HPA - Infections Topics A-Z Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is commonly found on human skin and mucosa (lining of mouth, nose etc). | | | Infections caused by many antibiotic-sensitive varieties of Staphylococcus aureus are usually successfully treated with antibiotics such as some types of penicillin and erythromycin. | | | MRSA infection is no more dangerous or virulent than infection with other varieties of Staphylococcus aureus, but it is more difficult to treat depending on whether it is resistant to any other antibiotics. |
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http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/staphylo/gen_inf.htm
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | Although nineteen species of Staphylococcus are described in Bergey's Manual (1992), only Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis are significant in their interactions with humans. | | | A resulting septicemia may be rapidly fatal; a bacteremia may result in seeding other internal abscesses, other skin lesions, or infections in the lung, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle or meninges. | | | Staphylococcus epidermidis may be a pathogen in the hospital environment. |
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http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lecturestaph.1
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | Strains of Staphylococcus resistant to our most powerful antibiotics have increased pressure on researchers to find alternative, more effective ways of fighting Staphylococcus. | | | Staphylococcus aureus is a normal inhabitant of the skin and mucous membranes in the nose of a healthy human, while S. | | | Foreign bodies, such as sutures, indwelling catheters, and implanted joints, are extremely susceptible to Staphylococcus epidermidis colonization, and often serve as the point of entry for infection. |
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http://biology.kenyon.edu/Microbial_Biorealm/bacteria/gram-positive/staphylococcus/staphylococcus.htm
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | Moreover, we are interested in external conditions and regulatory networks influencing biofilm formation in S. epidermidis. | | | Staphylococcus epidermidis is a natural inhabitant of the skin. | | | IS256-mediated phase variation and mechanism of extrachromosomal IS circle formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis |
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http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/infektionsbiologie/WZ-staph.htm
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| | Staphylococcus aureus: A Most Common Cause, HYG-5564-98 |
| | Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, The Bad Bug Book, Staphylococcus aureus from the World Wide Web. | | | Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of foodborne illness. | | | Growth of the staphylococcus probably occurred also during the period when the food was kept in the warm classrooms. |
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http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5564.html
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| | Staphylococcus - Iowa State University Extension |
| | They are present in the nasal passages and throats and on the hair and skin of 50 percent or more of healthy persons. | | | Staphylococcus aureus is a spherical bacteria capable of producing a heat-stable toxin that causes illness in humans. | | | The onset of symptoms of staphylococcal food poisoning can be fast and furious, depending on the individual's susceptibility to the toxin, the amount of food eaten, and the individual's general health. |
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=6&articleID=45
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| | Antibiotic Resistance |
| | Foodborne intoxication due to Staphylococcus aureus in Japan. | | | Over time, Staphylococcus aureus has adapted to both the environment and antibiotics, so it remains virulent. | | | Losing the Battle of the Bugs: Common bacteria are now so resistant to antibiotics that they can kill. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8325 Genome Sequencing |
| | The Staphylococcus aureus strain NCTC 8325 is available from Dr. | | | This work was supported by funds from the NIH and the Merck Genome Research Institute. | | | The team sequencing the approximately 2.8 Mbp Staphylococcus aureus genome is lead by Yudong Qian, Runying Tian, Shoping Lin, Honggui Jia, and Angela Dorman in our laboratory in collaboration with Drs. |
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http://www.genome.ou.edu/staph.html
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| | eMedicine - Staphylococcus Aureus Infection : Article by Elizabeth P Baorto, MD, MPH |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | Background: Members of the genus Staphylococcus are gram-positive cocci that occur individually, in pairs, and in irregular grapelike clusters. | | | Wenzel RP, Perl TM: The significance of nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and the incidence of postoperative wound infection. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Staphyolococcus are natural habitants of skin and mucouse membranes of humans. | | | Staphylococcus aureus, a catalase-positive, gram-positive bacteria, has been implicated in hospital acquired infections since the 1950s when the organisms developed a resistant to penicillin. | | | The organism quickly became resistnat to newer and more powerful antibiltics such as tertracycline and the aminoglycosides. |
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| | NEJM -- Staphylococcus aureus Infections |
| | Roghmann, M.-C. Predicting Methicillin Resistance and the Effect of Inadequate Empiric Therapy on Survival in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. | | | Fatal outcome of bacteraemic patients caused by infection with staphylokinase-deficient Staphylococcus aureus strains. | | | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin or Soft Tissue Infections in a State Prison--Mississippi, 2000. |
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/339/8/520
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| | Impetigo and its Treatment: Inhibitors of Staphylococcus |
| | Chinese reports of successful treatment of infant eczema with topical phellodendron-based treatments (11) may, in fact, represent therapy for atopic dermatitis associated with Staphylococcus. | | | Staphylococcus has also been implicated in some cases of acute dermatitis and chronic eczema. | | | For example, in a clinical study of topical impetigo treatment, extract of black tea was reported to be effective for more than 80% of children treated, being as valuable as using topical framycetin and gramicidin, or oral cephalexin (2). |
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| | Conversion of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains from Commensal to Invasive by Expression of the ica Locus Encoding ... |
| | Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin/hemagglutinin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat model. | | | Characterization of the importance of Staphylococcus epidermidis autolysin and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in the pathogenesis of intravascular catheter-associated infection in a rat model. | | | Staphylococcus epidermidis has become one of the most important |
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| | Chapter 19: Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Halpin-Dohnalek, M.I. and Marth, E.H. Staphylococcus aureus: Production of extracellular compounds and behavior in foods - a review. | | | Characterization of coagulase-positive Staphylococcus intermedius and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from veterinary clinical specimens. | | | Staphylococcus intermedius in canine gingiva and canine-inflicted human wound infections: laboratory characterization of a newly recognized zoonotic pathogen. |
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| | Staphylococcus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | epidermidis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus species, is a commensal of the skin, but can cause severe infections in immune suppressed patients and those with central venous catheters. | | | Of this type, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has recently become a major cause of hospital-acquired infections and is being recognized with increasing frequency in community acquired infections. | | | In recent years several other Staphylococcus species have been implicated in human infections, notably Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Staphylococcus schleiferi, and Staphylococcus caprae. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Staphylococcus aureus is an important opportunist that can cause superficial to life-threatening illnesses in a variety of animal species. | | | The objective was to determine the antibacterial effect and antioxidant level of the Tom-yam and their ingredients. | | | Since antimicrobial activity of the darker colored test honeys was not eliminated by catalase treatment, non-peroxide components such as antioxidants may contribute to controlling the growth of some foodborne pathogens. |
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http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/cfs/research/StaphylococcusResearch.html
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| | Staphylococcus aureus - Bad Bugs, Epidemiology Services |
| | Staphylococcus aureus can cause illness by preformed toxin production as well as by infecting both local tissues and the systemic circulation. | | | All people are susceptible to infections with Staphylococcus aureus, the disease however, may manifest with varying intensities. | | | Staphylococcus aureus has been implicated as a causative agent in acute food poisoning episodes, toxic shock syndrome, impetigo, scalded skin syndrome, cellulites, folliculitis and furuncles. |
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http://www.ehagroup.com/epidemiology/illnesses/staphylococcus-aureus.asp
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| | Medmicro Chapter 12 |
| | CNS also cause peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and endocarditis in those with prosthetic valves. | | | The association of S epidermidis (and to a lesser extent of other coagulase-negative staphylococci) with nosocomial infections associated with indwelling devices means that isolation of these bacteria from blood is likely to be important and not due to chance contamination, particularly if successive blood cultures are positive. | | | Rupp ME, Archer GL: Coagulase-negative staphylococci: pathogens associated with medical progress. |
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| | 3954staphylococcus.html |
| | A number of these are presently used in the diagnostic laboratory to identify a particular species of staphylococcus or differentiate it form other morphologically-related cocci such as the genus Streptococcus. | | | In the genus Staphylococcus there are common parasites of humans and other animals. | | | Question: What is the significance of coagulase to the Staphylococcus aureusorganisms ? |
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| | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| | MRSA is a type of Staphylococcus bacterium that has developed resistance to the antibiotic ampicillin and other penicillins. | | | Staphylococci bacteria are "carried" by healthy people in a variety of body sites (on the skin and in the nasal passage) without disease being present. | | | Medical College physicians practice at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, and many other hospitals and clinics in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. |
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| | Staphylococcus Rosenbach 1884, genus |
| | The synonymy between Staphylococcus pulvereri and ¤ Staphylococcus vitulinus is supported by the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. | | | The synonymy between Staphylococcus vitulinus and ¤ Staphylococcus pulvereri is supported by the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of staphylococci and streptococci. | | | The ribotypes of Staphylococcus pulvereri strains were either similar or identical to those of ¤ Staphylococcus vitulinus strains. |
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http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/s/staphylococcus.html
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| | Staphylococcus |
| | The term staphylococcus is also used for any bacteria with such a growth pattern. | | | It can be distinguished from other species of Staphylococcus by a positive result in a coagulase test - ability to clot plasma (all other species are negative). | | | The bacterial genus Staphylococcus is split into two main groups: |
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http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/video/Staphylococcus.html
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| | MSN Encarta - Staphylococcus |
| | Staphylococcus, genus of round, parasitic bacteria, commonly found in air and water and on the skin and upper part of the human pharynx. | | | Become a subscriber today and gain access to: |
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| | Bacteria, gram-positive cocci |
| | While both S aureus and S epidermidis are normal inhabitants of the skin, epidermidis had been considered the lesser of the two in virulence. | | | aureus is quite pyogenic and in decades past was named Staphylococcus pyogenes, however that specific name is currently applied to one GPC, Streptococcus pyogenes. | | | It produces leukotoxin which can kill white blood cells and a wide variety of other toxins. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus |
| | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that hospital-acquired infections occur in about 2 million patients each year, with S. | | | Staphylococcus aureus (pronounced STAFF-uh-la-KAH-kis OR-ee-us) is a widespread, potentially pathogenic type of bacteria that is a common cause of infections worldwide. |
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| | Staph Wound Infect. |
| | These strains are called methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), after the antibiotic treatment that was common when they were first identified in1960. | | | Infections caused by MRSA are frequently resistant to a wide variety of antibiotics and are associated with significantly higher rates of morbidity and mortality, higher costs, and longer hospital stays than infections caused by non-MRSA microorganisms. | | | Staph Wound Infections and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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| | Staph Infections |
| | Many healthy people carry staph bacteria in their noses without getting sick. | | | Conditions known as staph infections are those caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. |
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| | Staphylococcus aureus |
| | Reduced susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to vancomycin - a review of current knowledge (Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 23:3) | | | Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and pediatric deaths (MMWR 1999 48:707-710) | | | Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Perspectives on Measures Needed for Control (by MB Edmond) |
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