A cross-sectional quantitative study of cutaneous bacterial and yeast flora at seven body sites in 99 human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive and 50 seronegative military personnel was performed. Statistically significant differences in carriage rates were only observed for Staphylococcus aureus on the foreheads of seropositive individuals. Seronegative individuals demonstrated staphylococcal...

INTRODUCTION Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common condition in the United Kingdom with the prevalence varying from 21% in infants aged 0-6 months to 6.4% at the age of 16 years. Patients with AD experience high rates of colonization of their skin surfaces by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). In severe AD there is a potential risk of staphylococcal bacteremia and invasive infection such as acute ...

The association of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection with glomerulonephritis (GN) has been well documented in Japan but not in North America. Recently, eight renal biopsies with IgA-predominant or -codominant GN from eight patients with underlying staphylococcal infection, but without endocarditis, were observed at a single institution in a 12-mo period. Renal biopsie...

The antibiotics are a very important adjuvant treatment in the infectious ostheoarticular pathology. Prevention of deep surgical wound and implant related infections in the surgical treatment of fractures and in the total hip and knee arthroplasty is made by prophylactic administration of antibiotics. The antibiotics are also used as a treatment for the ostheoarticular infections, but the antib...

via cavernous sinus and intracranial propagation of periorbital cellulitis. This was not required in our case due to probably institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy. It may be of merit in severe or late diagnosed cases. Staphylococcal colonization of nasopharynx can lead to ethmoiditis in immunocompromized or susceptible child, with rapid progress locally and hematogenous seeding as in o...

Phenol‐soluble modulins (PSMs) are multifunctional, amphipathic, α‐helical peptides produced by virtually all staphylococcal strains. They have recently drawn much atten‐ tion owing to the key contribution of some PSM peptides to staphylococcal virulence, in particular in highly virulent Staphylococcus aureus. High concentration of PSMs may cause cytolysis, damaging neutrophils, immune cells, r...

Recent SARS-coV-2 subvariants (BQ.1.1, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5, collectively referred to as Omicron) are adept at evading the immune system but tend be less severe with fewer hospitalizations and deaths. The incidence of bacterial co-infection time admission for SARS-COV-2 related illness early in COVID pandemic was low. In 2022 when few relatively healthy patients were being admitted, we report three...