It is most commonly transferred to food products like milk and cheese through contact with food workers that carry S. aureus. S. aureus food poisoning (SFP) is usually not life-threatening. Most cases ...

Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus colonizes our nasal passages. The study shows for the first time that a protein located on the bacterial surface ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacteria that causes infections in different parts of the body. It's tougher to treat than most strains of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) because ...

A new study shows that a 'good' bacterium commonly found in probiotic digestive supplements helps eliminate Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant ...

Initial studies of staphylococcal adhesion focused on binding to the extracellular matrix and plasma proteins. More recently, studies have investigated adhesins for human keratinocytes and their ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) are critical pathogens identified by ...

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a normal inhabitant on skin and nasopharynx in many individuals. It is not harmful or dangerous in terms of infection causing potential in persons with a healthy ...

Nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus are at increased risk for health care–associated infections with this organism. Decolonization of nasal and extranasal sites on hospital admission may reduce ...

An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ ...