Background Impetigo is a common, superficial bacterial skin infection, which is most
frequently encountered in children. There is no generally agreed standard therapy, and …

INTRODUCTION: The common occurrence of infectious diseases in nursing homes and
residential care facilities may result in substantial antibiotic use, and consequently antibiotic …

In Europe, antimicrobial resistance has been monitored since 1998 by the European
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS). We examined the relationship …

Abstract Background Six Nigerian medicinal plants Terminalia avicennioides, Phylantus
discoideus, Bridella ferruginea, Ageratum conyzoides, Ocimum gratissimum and Acalypha …

Recently methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was isolated from pigs and pig
farmers in The Netherlands. In order to assess the dissemination of MRSA in the Dutch pig …

Background Sporadic cases of CA-MRSA in persons without risk-factors for MRSA carriage
are increasing. Case presentation We report a MRSA cluster among family members of a pig …

Vancomycin resistance has been reported in clinical isolates of both coagulase-negative
staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus. The emerging threat of widespread vancomycin …

Background: Given the threat of bioterrorism and the increasing availability of electronic data
for surveillance, surveillance systems for the early detection of illnesses and syndromes …

The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) in people, pets and the environment in …

The main objective of the present study was to investigate if different kinds of pig farms, like
farrowing farms and rearing farms, play a role in the transmission of methicillin-resistant …