Records of patients from whom Staph. aureus had previously been recovered and tested for penicillin sensitivity were also studied. Nasal cultures were obtained from a number of healthy infants and ...

Background: No studies exist regarding the value of pharmacist interventions using rapid identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) by rapid polymerase chain reaction (rPCR) from blood ...

BLANKETS and mattresses used on hospital beds have been indicted as important reservoirs of staphylococci and have been incriminated as being responsible for crossinfection between patients and ...

An epidemiologic survey of food handlers in public restaurants in Washington County, Ark., was conducted to determine the number of these persons who harbored enterotoxigenic staphylococci and thus ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 174, No. 5 (Nov., 1996), pp. 1010-1014 (5 pages) One of the criteria used to determine the clinical importance of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria. It stains Gram positive and is non-moving small round shaped or non-motile cocci. It is found in grape-like (staphylo-) clusters. This is why it is called ...

A total of 279 and 134 patients with a positive blood culture for CoNS were identified in the pre- and postintervention groups, respectively. The difference between total cultures identified is likely ...