An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries

Most nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus have gained considerable attention due to an increase of infections caused by these strains that have been reported in recent years throughout the world. Most notably, it is important to underline the presence of S....

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Main Authors: Daniela Chessa, Giulia Ganau, Vittorio Mazzarello
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Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/6923
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description Most nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus have gained considerable attention due to an increase of infections caused by these strains that have been reported in recent years throughout the world. Most notably, it is important to underline the presence of S. epidermidis and S. aureus in the human epithelia microflora and to highlight that it is impossible to eradicate them from humans. There are various virulence factors that normally sustain the infection life cycle, such as antibiotic resistance (methicillin resistance). Furthermore, it is important to evaluate the usefulness of typing the spa gene from isolated strains in order to study genotypes and geographical distributions. In the present review, different cases related to patients infected by Staphylococci and an overview of this problem worldwide are reported.
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spelling doaj-art-e5df752c585d47b1840009e4fa61d0bf2025-08-20T02:57:12ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802015-07-0190610.3855/jidc.6923An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countriesDaniela Chessa0Giulia Ganau1Vittorio Mazzarello2School of Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalySchool of Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalySchool of Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalyMost nosocomial infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus have gained considerable attention due to an increase of infections caused by these strains that have been reported in recent years throughout the world. Most notably, it is important to underline the presence of S. epidermidis and S. aureus in the human epithelia microflora and to highlight that it is impossible to eradicate them from humans. There are various virulence factors that normally sustain the infection life cycle, such as antibiotic resistance (methicillin resistance). Furthermore, it is important to evaluate the usefulness of typing the spa gene from isolated strains in order to study genotypes and geographical distributions. In the present review, different cases related to patients infected by Staphylococci and an overview of this problem worldwide are reported. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/6923Staphylococcus spp.nosocomial infectionsdeveloping countries
spellingShingle Daniela Chessa
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An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Staphylococcus spp.
nosocomial infections
developing countries
title An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
title_full An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
title_fullStr An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
title_full_unstemmed An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
title_short An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
title_sort overview of staphylococcus epidermidis and staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries
topic Staphylococcus spp.
nosocomial infections
developing countries
url https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/6923
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