We noted with interest the study by Rossney et al. (3) describing genotypic diversity among Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive (PVL ) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Ireland, where they suggested foreign importation of the strains as one of the reasons for this diversity. In support of this, we have over the last few years seen a number of patients with PVL-associated fo...

In the human lower respiratory tract, influenza A (INFA) can activate an inflammatory response that interferes with the innate immune response to bacterial pathogens, increasing the probability of subsequent infection by opportunistic organisms such as methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).1,2 Some hypervirulent strains of communityacquired and ho...

We present a follow-up case report of a 33-year-old lady with juvenile onset arthritis who developed halo naevi while on treatment with tocilizumab. This case report describes the development of halo naevi, vitiligo and diffuse alopecia areata associated with tocilizumab therapy following infection with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Panton-Valentine leukocidin positivit...

Lack of infrastructure, Route discovery management and Energy consumption monitoring in MANET poses very big challenges for researchers working in this field. The existing protocols like Link State Routing, Destination Sequence Distance Vector, Low Energy Adaptive Cluster Hierarchy and Parno Luk Gaustad Perrig (PLGP) are not well suited for decentralized schemes because of the energy constraint...

Colonization and infection by communityassociated resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus are being reported in epidemic proportions. The purpose of this study was to determine the local prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization in children and to characterize the MRSA isolates in the laboratory with regard to antimicrobial agent susceptibility patterns, a...

Knowledge and culture have an important role in increasing the coverage of exclusive breastfeeding for infants aged 0-6 months. Based on results survey directly obtained field, months is low. The purpose this study was to examine low working area Meutulang Health Center, Panton Reu District, West Aceh Regency. research method used a qualitative with exploratory descriptive approach, namely cond...

conclusions the cefoxitin disk diffusion method showed the best results when compared to oxacillin disk, similar to results from detecting the meca gene in pcr as a golden test. studies on mrsa that carry the luk-pv gene should continue to provide significant insight into the prevalence and epidemiology of these important resistant pathogens. also, the rate of pvl gene-producing isolates showed...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to perform molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing a variety of eye infections from two major eye care hospitals in India. METHODS Twenty-four isolates from Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, and nine isolates from LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India, representing severe to nonsevere eye infections like microbial ke...

BACKGROUND We sought to characterize the clinical and molecular epidemiologic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus colonization (especially extranasal colonization) and to determine the extent to which community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has emerged in community nursing homes. METHODS The study enrolled a total of 213 residents, with or without an indwelling device...