Chronic paranasal sinusitis is a disease that afflicts a significant percentage of the
population and causes considerable long-term morbidity. With the common use of multiple …

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a clinically defined disease that causes
considerable morbidity for patients. The results of recent studies, which have increased the …

In clinical staphylococci, the presence of the ica genes and biofilm formation are considered
important for virulence. Biofilm formation may also be of importance for survival and …

Virulence is a microbial property that is realized only in susceptible hosts. There is no
absolute measurement for virulence, and consequently it is always measured relative to a …

Objective Staphylococcus genus comprising both Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase
negative staphylococci (CoNS) are widely distributed in nature and can infect diversity of …

Recent reports describe the emergence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in acute sinusitis
and an increased incidence of enteric gram negative bacilli in chronic sinusitis. The …

Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of a microorganism-binding (MB)
dressing with a silver-containing hydrofiber (SCH) dressing in controlling the bacterial loads …

A genomic DNA library of Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 11047 was constructed, using
the Lambda Zap Express cloning vector, and screened with serum collected from a patient …

Microbial endocrinology represents the intersection of two seemingly disparate fields:
microbiology and neurobiology (Fig 1). The field of microbial endocrinology was founded in …

Staphylococcus epidermidis causes infections associated with medical devices including
central venous catheters, orthopaedic prosthetic joints and artificial heart valves. This …