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Phage Therapy against Staphylococcus aureus: Selection and Optimization of Production Protocols of Novel Broad-Spectrum Silviavirus Phages

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Background: Phage therapy a promising antimicrobial strategy to address antimicrobial resistance for infections caused by the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.
Camille Kolenda, Mathieu Medina, Mélanie Bonhomme, Floriane Laumay, Tiphaine Roussel-Gaillard, Patricia Martins-Simoes, Anne Tristan, Fabrice Pirot, Tristan Ferry, Frédéric Laurent, PHAGEinLYON Study Group   +10 more
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Determination of a Tentative Epidemiological Cut-Off Value (ECOFF) for Dalbavancin and Enterococcus faecium

Antibiotics, 2021
Dalbavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic that shows potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. It circumvents vanB-type glycopeptide resistance mechanisms; however, data on the in vitro activity of dalbavancin for Enterococcus faecium (E ...
Robert E. Weber, Carola Fleige, Franziska Layer, Bernd Neumann, Michael Kresken, Guido Werner   +5 more
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Nanobiosystems for Antimicrobial Drug-Resistant Infections

Nanomaterials, 2021
The worldwide increased bacterial resistance toward antimicrobial therapeutics has led investigators to search for new therapeutic options. Some of the options currently exploited to treat drug-resistant infections include drug-associated nanosystems ...
Foteini Gkartziou, Nikolaos Giormezis, Iris Spiliopoulou, Sophia G. Antimisiaris   +3 more
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First Report of Food Poisoning Due to Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Type B in Döner Kebab (Italy)

Pathogens, 2023
Staphylococcal food poisoning results from the consumption of food contaminated by staphylococcal enterotoxins. In July 2022, the Turin local health board was notified of a suspected foodborne outbreak involving six children who had consumed döner kebab ...
Angelo Romano, Simona Carrella, Sara Rezza, Yacine Nia, Jacques Antoine Hennekinne, Daniela Manila Bianchi, Francesca Martucci, Fabio Zuccon, Margherita Gulino, Carmela Di Mari, Teresa Zaccaria, Lucia Decastelli   +11 more
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Mandatory Notification of Panton–Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Saxony, Germany: Analysis of Cases from the City of Leipzig in 2019

Microorganisms, 2023
In Germany, Saxony is the only federal state where the detection of a Panton–Valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has to be notified to the local health authority (LHA).
Utta Helbig, Constance Riemschneider, Guido Werner, Nancy Kriebel, Franziska Layer-Nicolaou   +4 more
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Occurrence and characterization of coagulase positive and negative Staphylococci isolated from Japanese quails and broiler chickens at Qena Governorate, Egypt

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2021
Staphylococcal infections in poultry are taking an increasing significance and both coagulase positive Staphylococci (CoPS) and coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) can cause infections in poultry.
Waleed Younis, Mahmoud Sabra, Haitham Helmy Sayed   +2 more
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from infections in horses in Germany are frequent colonizers of veterinarians but rare among MRSA from infections in humans

One Health, 2016
A total of 272 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from equine infections originating from 17 equine hospitals and 39 veterinary practices in Germany as well as 67 isolates from personnel working at equine clinics were subjected to ...
Christiane Cuny, Mohamed M.H. Abdelbary, Robin Köck, Franziska Layer, Wolfgang Scheidemann, Guido Werner, Wolfgang Witte   +6 more
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Routine Whole-Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigations of Staphylococcus aureus in a National Reference Center

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
The French National Reference Center for Staphylococci currently uses DNA arrays and spa typing for the initial epidemiological characterization of Staphylococcus aureus strains.
Geraldine Durand, Fabien Javerliat, Michèle Bes, Jean-Baptiste Veyrieras, Ghislaine Guigon, Nathalie Mugnier, Stéphane Schicklin, Gaël Kaneko, Emmanuelle Santiago-Allexant, Coralie Bouchiat, Patrícia Martins-Simões, Frederic Laurent, Alex Van Belkum, François Vandenesch, Anne Tristan   +14 more
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Erythromycin Resistance Determinants in Clinical Gram Positive Cocci Isolated from Nigerian Patients [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: The emergence of erythromycin resistant Gram positive cocci in various parts of the world has become worrisome in clinical settings in recent times, however there is little or no information on the determinants of erythromycin resistance ...
David Olusoga Ogbolu, Oyebode Armstrong Terry Alli, Adeolu Sunday Oluremi, Christianah O Onifade   +3 more
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Efficiency of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcal Pathogens

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Antibiotics play a vital role in saving millions of lives from fatal infections; however, the inappropriate use of antibiotics has led to the emergence and propagation of drug resistance worldwide.
Mi Nguyen-Tra Le, Miki Kawada-Matsuo, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa   +2 more
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