We describe two cases of human infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex (CC) 75, also called Staphylococcus argenteus, harbouring the Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL). These two sporadic cases were community-acquired, and identified in France in 2014. Both had an epidemiological link with Mayotte, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean off the south-easte...

Maxim Shatsky, Simon Allen, Barbara L Gold, Nancy L Liu, Thomas R Juba, Sonia A Reveco, Dwayne A Elias, Ramadevi Prathapam, Jennifer He, Wenhong Yang, Evelin D Szakal, Haichuan Liu, Mary E Singer, Jil T Geller, Bonita R Lam, Avneesh Saini, Valentine V Trotter, Steven C Hall, Susan J Fisher, Steven E Brenner, Swapnil R Chhabra, Terry C Hazen, Judy D Wall, H Ewa Witkowska, Mark D Biggin, John-Mar...

The Colorado potato beetle is a serious pest of Solanaceae crops in our country, especially potatoes. In order to reduce the chemical load field and prevent development resistance chemicals beetle, this paper presents biological methods protection using seasonal colonization by predatory shield bug Picromerus treatments with plant extract amaranth Valentine variety (which, along limiting nutrit...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an important human pathogen that causes serious infectious diseases and was endemic in hospitals by the late 1960s. Beginning with its first report in the late 1990s, the rapid emergence of community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) worldwide responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from minor skin infections to fatal necrotizing pneumon...

OBJECTIVES Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from pet animals were characterized and compared with human isolates from clonal complexes most prevalent in Central Europe. METHODS S. aureus isolates were investigated for their in vitro susceptibility to antimicrobial agents by broth microdilution. Resistance genes and the Panton-Valentine leucocidin gene lukF-lukS were...

We have previously shown that secondary infections of Buruli ulcer wounds were frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus. To gain understanding into possible routes of secondary infection, we characterized S. aureus isolates from patient lesions and surrounding environments across two Ghanaian health centres. One hundred and one S. aureus isolates were isolated from wounds (n = 93, 92.1%) and ...