The aim of this study is to determine antibiotic resistance patterns and slime production characteristics of coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) caused nosocomial bacteremia. A total of 200 CoNS strains were isolated from blood samples of patients with true bacteremia who were hospitalized in intensive care units and in other departments of Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Hospital be...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of photocatalytic ionisation as a disinfection method for filter materials contaminated by microorganisms, and to assess how air relative humidity (RH), time and microbe type influence the effectiveness of this disinfection. In the quantitative analysis of a used car air filter, bacterial contamination equalled 1.2 x 10(5) cfu/cm2, fu...

Non-aureus staphylococci and the closely related mammaliicoccal species (NASM) are most common causes of bovine subclinical mastitis on modern dairy farms highly prevalent in bulk-tank milk. The purpose this study was to determine distribution NASM both composite cow milk (CCM) (BTM) samples collected tandem commercial Flemish herds estimate origin different (subgroups of) present BTM by applyi...

Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ATCC 25923 is commonly used as a control strain for susceptibility testing to antibiotics and as a quality control strain for commercial products. We present the completed genome sequence for the strain, consisting of the chromosome and a 27.5-kb plasmid.

This study was conducted to determine the species distribution, antimicrobial resistance pheno- and genotypes and virulence traits of mannitol-positive methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) isolated from pigs in Nsukka agricultural zone, Nigeria. Twenty mannitol-positive methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcal (MRCoNS) strains harboring the mecA gene were detected among the ...

BACKGROUND Colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a hygiene risk that does not spare field hospitals or military medical field camps during military deployments. Diagnostic options for unambiguously identifying MRSA isolates are usually scarce in military environments. In this study, we assessed the stepwise application of two different selective agars for th...

* Corresponding Author: James A. Karlowsky Department of Clinical Microbiology Health Sciences Centre MS673C – 820 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1R9, Canada Phone: 204 787 4597 Fax : 204 787 4699 E-mail: [email protected] AC CE PT ED Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM....

PCR-amplified tRNA gene (tDNA) intergenic spacer length polymorphism (tDNA-ILP) was analyzed for its ability to identify to the species level type strains (n = 18) and clinical isolates (n = 163) of staphylococci. Amplified products obtained by PCR with outwardly directed consensus tDNA primers were separated by agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoreses. The results were compared with thos...

13 strains of bacteria were isolated from 12 shoes that were worn by children aged 6 to 12 for more than half a year. Through morphological observation, physiological and biochemical measurements, as well as 16SrRNA sequence analysis, the bacteria were identified as follows: Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis (5 subspecies), Bacillus spore (3 subspecies), Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococc...