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Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus an Important Enemy against us; Why Investigation of Their Main Toxins Reveals Contradictory Data

Sultan F. Alnomasy · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2021

Community-Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) strains are serious human pathogens because of their micro floral abilities; resistance to clinically important antibiotics and ability to evade the host immune defences. Panton–Valentine leucocidin (PVL) an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i530315

Correlation of Virulence Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus to the Severity of Diabetic Foot Ulcers in a Tertiary Care Centre, Egypt

Yasmin Nabiel & Ghada Barakat · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Aim: This study aimed to estimate the correlation of the Staphylococcus aureus virulence determinants to the severity of the diabetic foot ulcers in patients admitted to diabetic foot Unit at Mansoura University Hospitals. Study Design: A prospective study was performed. Place of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/34789

Molecular Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Trinidad and Tobago

Patrick E. Akpaka, Rashida Roberts & Stefan Monecke · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Previous studies regarding Staphylococcus aureus in Trinidad and Tobago have so far been conducted mainly on methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates. Few reports are available regarding S. aureus infections in the country. This study was therefore designed to determ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/21376