Therapeutic Targeting of the Staphylococcus aureus Accessory Gene Regulator (agr) System

L Tan, SR Li, B Jiang, XM Hu, S Li - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus aureus can cause numerous different diseases, which has been attributed
to its large repertoire of virulence factors, many of which are under the control of the …

Role of staphylococci in mastitis in sheep

NGC Vasileiou, DC Chatzopoulos, S Sarrou… - Journal of Dairy …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Staphylococci have been isolated from various sites of the body of healthy sheep, as well as
from many infections of those animals, the main one being mastitis. The objective of this …

Subclinical mastitis in selected bovine dairy herds in North Upper Egypt: Assessment of prevalence, causative bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance and …

AH Abed, AMS Menshawy, MMA Zeinhom, D Hossain… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mastitis is a significant disease affecting dairy cattle farms in Egypt. The current study aimed
to investigate the prevalence and major bacterial pathogens causing subclinical mastitis …

Virulence factors and antibiotic resistance properties of the Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from hospital infections in Ahvaz, Iran

R Chabi, H Momtaz - Tropical medicine and health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains are considered to be
one of the major causes of human clinical infections in hospitals. The present investigation …

Antibacterial and immunomodulator activities of virgin coconut oil (VCO) against Staphylococcus aureus

DC Widianingrum, CT Noviandi, SIO Salasia - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Antibiotics have components to inhibit infections against Staphylococcus aureus, but they
depend on judicious use to minimize the incidence of resistance forms. Strategies to …

Ex vivo rabbit and human corneas as models for bacterial and fungal keratitis

A Pinnock, N Shivshetty, S Roy, S Rimmer… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose In the study of microbial keratitis, in vivo animal models often require a large
number of animals, and in vitro monolayer cell culture does not maintain the three …

Oligopeptide Targeting Sortase A as Potential Anti-infective Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus

J Wang, H Li, J Pan, J Dong, X Zhou, X Niu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sortase A (SrtA)-catalyzed anchorage of surface proteins in most Gram-positive bacteria is
indispensable for their virulence, suggesting that this transpeptidase is a promising target for …

Multiresistant ST59-SCCmec IV-t437 clone with strong biofilm-forming capacity was identified predominantly in MRSA isolated from Chinese children

X Yang, S Qian, K Yao, L Wang, Y Liu, F Dong… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background This study aimed to investigate the clinical and molecular epidemiology and
biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) isolated from pediatricians in China …

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of biofilm production by Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from bovine intramammary infections in Colombian dairy …

G Torres, K Vargas, M Sánchez-Jiménez… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to form biofilms is an important virulence factor
because this has been associated with persistent bovine intramammary infections. Different …

Virulence factors genes of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from caprine subclinical mastitis

SRS Salaberry, ABS Saidenberg, E Zuniga… - Microbial …, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate genes involved in adhesion expression, biofilm
formation, and enterotoxin production in isolates of Staphylococcus spp. from goats with …