background coagulase-negative staphylococci (cons) are opportunistic pathogens. methicillin resistance is common in cons and may play an important role as reservoir of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (sccmec) for staphylococcus aureus. objectives the aim of this study was to determine molecular characteristics of nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci am...

Background: Mastitis in sheep caused by Staphylococcus spp. is a serious concern for dairy farming. Aims: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the intramammary infection (IMI) caused by Staphylococcus spp. on the long-chain fatty acid profile and composition of ewe’s milk. Methods: The experiment was conducted in a herd of Zoslachtena Valaska sheep. Half-udder milk samples ...

Greywater reuse is a feasible solution for decreasing raw water extraction in urban and rural settings. However, pathogen-specific performance guidelines and regulations have only recently been recommended; practical means to assess performance are missing. Here we examine the efficacy of Staphylococcus spp. as an endogenous surrogate for greywater pathogen reduction performance testing, by eva...

Bacterial Pathogens Bacteria are the predominant organisms. In the late 1950’s/early 1960’s Gram+ve organisms were the commonest, particularly Staphylococcus aureus. The late 1960’s/early 1970’s were typified by Gram-ve of gastrointestinal tract origin, particularly Escherischia coli, Klebsiella spp and Pseudomonas spp. By the 1990’s Staphylococcus spp including coagulase negative organisms, St...

Removal of heavy metals from wastewater needs advance chemical technology and is more expensive too. The cheaper alternative for this is the bioremediation using heavy metals resistant microorganisms. In this study, 10 heavy metal resistant bacteria were isolated from oxidation ditch of wastewater treatment plant of Bagmati Area Sewerage Project. These include chromium resistant Staphylococcus ...

AIM The present study was undertaken to determine bacterial load as well as characterize bacterial flora of ready to eat (RTE) betel leaf sold at local markets in Mymensingh city. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 25 RTE betel leaf samples were collected from five local markets such as Kamal-Ranjit (KR) market, Shesh more, Kewatkhali, Jobber more, and Ganginar par. RESULTS Total viable count...

the staphylococci are important pathogenic bacteria causing various infections in animals and human. hemolysin is one of the virulence factors of coagulase-positive (cps) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns). the aims of the study were to characterize hemolysins of staphylococcus spp. isolated from human and bovine origin, phenotypic- and genotypically. characterization of hemolysin pheno...

The in vitro activities of ABT-773 were evaluated against 324 strains of gram-positive bacteria, including multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus spp. and Enterococcus spp. ABT-773 had lower MIC ranges, MICs at which 50% of isolates are inhibited (MIC(50)s), and MIC(90)s than erythromycin or clindamycin for almost all isolates tested. The MICs of ABT-773 were also lower than those of quinupristin-d...

Aim: To analyse the microbial profile of canine persistent wound infections. Materials and Methods: The total wound samples (n=172) taken from both traumatic (140) and post-surgical (32) persistent wounds in canines were processed for routine microbial isolation and identification during a period of 15 months. Results: Staphylococcus intermedius was found to be the predominant isolate from all ...