Abstract Introduction To understand the prevalence of avian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and current status drug resistance in Qingdao, a comprehensive molecular epidemiological investigation analysis evolutionary relationships MRSA isolates from broiler layer chickens waterfowl was conducted. Material Methods One hundred two strains were identified by multi-locus sequence...

Melioidosis is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacillus, primarily found in soils in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. A recent case of melioidosis in non-endemic Arizona was determined to be the result of locally acquired infection, as the patient had no travel history to endemic regions and no previous history of disease. Diagnosis of the case was confirmed through m...

Chlamydia trachomatis causes a high number of sexually transmitted infections worldwide, but reproducible and precise strain typing to link partners is lacking. We evaluated multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for this purpose by detecting sequence types (STs) concordant for the ompA genotype, a single-locus typing standard. We tested samples collected during April 2000-October 2003 from members ...

The widespread nature of Listeria monocytogenes and its presence in soil agricultural environments, make it a challenging pathogen to control the produce industry. objective this study was assess diversity spp. isolates (n = 113) previously recovered from five handling processing facilities Pacific Northwest, using molecular antibiogram typing. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles were obtai...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Haemophilus influenzae is an important cause of mortality and morbidity among young children in developing countries. Increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance especially production of extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) has made treatment and management of H. influenzae infection more difficult. Nasopharyngeal H. influenzae isolates are excellent surrogate for d...