A survey was conducted of the bacterial flora of migratory shorebirds from Delaware Bay, NJ. Fifty-four birds were sampled on 18 May, 2004 at Fortescue Beach, NJ and 37 birds were sampled on 20 May, ...

European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 163-169 (7 pages) Different epidemiological markers were used to characterize 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis and 8 Staphylococcus ...

Calcium, a mineral involved in wound healing, can strengthen the attachment between microbe and skin and make infections hard to shake.

This type of medium is both selective and differential. The MSA will select for organisms such as Staphylococcus species which can live in areas of high salt concentration (plate on the left in the ...

With their best chemical antibiotics slowly failing, scientists are increasingly looking to nature for a way to control deadly staph bacteria -- the culprit behind most hospital infections. Naturally ...

In a recent study published in PLOS Medicine, researchers explored the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant hospital-associated infections worldwide. Study: Global incidence in hospital-associated ...

MANCHESTER, England — The human nose harbors not only a deadly enemy — Staphylococcus aureus — but also its natural foe. Scientists have now isolated a compound from that foe that might combat MRSA, ...