Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a Gram-positive bacterium that may cause life-
threatening diseases and some minor infections in living organisms. However, it shows …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most successful modern
pathogens. The same organism that lives as a commensal and is transmitted in both health …

Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen, has a collection of virulence factors and
the ability to acquire resistance to most antibiotics. This ability is further augmented by …

Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections are a growing threat to public health and there is a
general lack of development in new antibiotics. Here, a dextran‐coated stimuli‐responsive …

Bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus are successful as commensal organisms or
pathogens in part because they adapt rapidly to selective pressures imparted by the human …

Current methods for differentiating isolates of predominant lineages of pathogenic bacteria
often do not provide sufficient resolution to define precise relationships. Here, we describe a …

The widespread use of antibiotics in association with high-density clinical care has driven
the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are adapted to thrive in hospitalized patients …

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) typing is essential for understanding
the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). SCC …

Prophages are quiescent viruses located in the chromosomes of bacteria. In the human
pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, prophages are omnipresent and are believed to be …

Publisher Summary The natural habitat of Staphylococcus aureus in humans is the skin and
nasopharynx. It can cause a wide variety of infections involving skin and soft tissues …