methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)
Therapy refractory Panton Valentine Leukocidin positive community acquired methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus sepsis with progressive metastatic soft tissue infection: a case report
... ensuing days of treatment, physical examination and radi- ological imaging revealed abscess formation surrounding the right sternoclavicular joint. Later, progressive diffuse furunculosis next to the left clavicle (Fig. ...
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Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton Valentine leukocidin toxin in Trinidad & Tobago: a case report
... enterotoxin genes (sed, sej, ser, seb, seq). The clinical role of these toxins, a possible impact on the virulence, and possible synergistic effects are not yet understood. Thus it cannot be determined how much they ...
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In vitro evaluation of methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to Saudi honeys
... Sumra honey had a lower MIC (indicative of better antibacterial activity) than Manuka honey against all tested clinical isolates and reference strains, MRSA (ATCC 43300) and MSSA (ATCC 29213). An equiva- lent MIC (15.0% ...
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Evolutionary Dynamics of Pandemic Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ST398 and Its International Spread via Routes of Human Migration
... There is a lack of information on the evolution and spread of dominant MSSA lineages. This is one of the first longitudinal studies to investigate the evolution of the uniquely host-species-adaptable ST398 MSSA clone in ...
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Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion caused by methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with toxic shock syndrome: a case report
... Our patient had a catheter-related bloodstream infec- tion caused by MSSA. Probable TSS was diagnosed as the case met all the diagnostic criteria except hypotension and gastrointestinal symptoms [12] (Table 2). TSS is ...
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METHICILIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN CLINICAL SAMPLES AND FOMITES
... Methicillin/Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin/Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)] among studied population and fomites had ...the ...
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Metastatic Infection by Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and its Potential Association to an Unusual Humoral Immunodeficiency
... S. aureus persistence inside neutrophil ...S. aureus pathogenic-factors vary upon the different phenotypes of interactions with the host; determining either the condition of asymptomatic-carrier in near ...
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Healthcare associated transmission of Panton Valentine leucocidin positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the value of screening asymptomatic healthcare workers
... of methicillin-resistant Staphylococ- cus aureus (MRSA) is a high priority for infection control and prevention ...and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) ...S. ...
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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of quercetin against clinical isolates of Staphyloccocus aureus and Staphylococcus saprophyticus with resistance profile
... S. aureus (shiny black with an opaque ring, surrounded by a clear halo) were submitted to gram stain, catalase assay, coagulase, mannitol salt Agar assay and DNAse for Staphylococcus aureus ...
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Prevalence of nasal colonisation by methicillin sensitive and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers and students in Madagascar
... S. aureus . Multiplex PCR was performed to identify S. aureus -specific ( nuc ), MRSA-specific mecA and mecC genes, Panton- Valentine leukocidin (PVL) (lukF-PV), and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) ...
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The Prevalence of Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Medical Interns in the Academic Charity Teaching Hospital, Khartoum 2016
... identify Staphylococcus aureus nuc gene, and an additional PCR was performed on ...S. aureus positive samples to detect the presence of mecA ...S. aureus. The prevalence of methicillin ...
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Genetic Relationship between Methicillin Sensitive and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains from France and from International Sources: Delineation of Genomic Groups
... S. aureus isolates re- covered from patients with cystic fibrosis showed concordance between the genome type obtained by PFGE and the types obtained by other typing methods such as esterase typing and phage typing ...
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Origin and Evolution of European Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
... Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) was recognized in Europe and world- wide in the late ...carriers. Methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) ...
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Combination of Acacetin with Antibiotics against Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Specimens
... of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the Wonkwang University Hospital, as well as standard strains of methicillin-sensitive ...S. aureus (MSSA) ATCC 25923 ...
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Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Adaptation to Human Keratinocytes
... S. aureus genotypes, phenotypes, and clinical outcomes in AD patients, 85 ...S. aureus isolates from superficial skin cultures of 133 patients were charac- terized, and 22% were noted to be toxin deficient, ...
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... Staphylococcus aureus infections have become more complicated and difficult to treat due the emergence of MRSA, hVISA, VISA and Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) ...among ...
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Virulence Factors in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from ICU Units in Brazil
... of Staphylococcus are common in hospital infection (HI). Methicillin resistant ...S. aureus (MRSA) has also become a serious problem in Brazilian ...of methicillin-resistant S. aureus ...
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A Comparison of Clinical Features and Mortality among Methicillin Resistant and Methicillin Sensitive Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis
... Our objective was to assess the clinical factors that would reliably distinguish methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) endocarditis. A ...
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Frequency of inducible clindamycin resistance among Gram-positive cocci in a tertiary hospital,Tehran, Iran
... S. aureus isolates and ...among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin sensitive Staphylo- coccus aureus (MSSA) isolates (7/86 and 6/86 ...
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Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus, Including Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Isolated from Bulk Tank Milk from Minnesota Dairy Farms
... S. aureus by a 98 to 100% sequence similarity of 16S rRNA genes to the reference ...S. aureus isolate was characterized as MRSA if it showed the presence of the mecA gene and displayed phenotypic resistance ...
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