Survey of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Microbiology 1 Students at RMIT Aim: To determine the carriage rate of Staphylococcus aureus in the nares of students taking second year microbiology courses at RMIT. Introduction: Carriage of S.aureus is important in hospital patients‚ preoperative patients‚ hospital staff‚ food handlers etc. because it carriage of S.aureus appears to play a key role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of infection. S.aureus can cause localized and invasive
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Staphylococcus Aureus is a common cause for infections in the community and a major cause in hospital based disease. Up to 40% of the general public thought to be carriers and of hospital staff from 50 – 70%‚ and is associated with a higher risk of infection in the hospital setting. The anterior nares have been shown to be the most frequent site of carriage and are the single site of detection. [1] In certain situations‚ hospital patients and staff may be investigated and screened to identify carriers
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The problems that arise regarding the antibiotic resistance of certain bacteria has continue to worry the health industries. One of these bacteria is the Staphylococcus aureus. It has been one of the major causes of hospital-acquired infections which has resulted to a lot of deaths each year. Description Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacteria which indicates that it has a cell wall structure with a thick layer of peptidoglycan. It is a facultative anaerobe which allows it to perform
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A Special Person in My Life My Mother is an awesome woman. She always saw the good in everything. She is a very exceptional person. A fighter. She has worked very hard her entire life then it all came to an end May 2012. When I was little one my mother worked nights at a factory‚ and my father drove truck. Until my sister was old enough to stay home and watch me‚ we went to our grandmas and stayed. My mother had an outgoing personality‚ but she also had many other personalities. What mother
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Pseudomonas syringae Finding a bacterium that I felt even a shred of confidence to discuss in a paper was no easy task‚ but while doing research I discovered this (probably more well-known than I realize) bacteria that had some properties that were incredibly interesting to me. The basic properties of Pseudomonas syringae is that it ’s gram-negative‚ has a rod-shaped morphology‚ and is an aerobic respirator. It ’s categorized as gram-negative due to crystal violet being washed away‚ and stained
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Identification of Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis Wendy Heck Bio 175: General Microbiology Fall 2012-11-21 Staphylococcus aureus is the most pathogenic for humans and Staphylococcus epidermidis is part of the normal flora and is of low pathogenicity. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus are two medically important species of bacteria. A culture from the nose and throat was taken to perform whether or not Staphylococcus epidermidis or Staphylococcus aureus were detected
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Since 1980s‚ the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) ) is a primary consideration in the rise of surgical site infections. The Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominant CoNS on human skin and methicillin-resistant are the isolates of CoNS that showed an increasing amount where perioperative prophylaxis are not effective‚ methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) is then used in the study. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate staff of the operating department
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Prokaryotes (2006) 6:197–214 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30746-x_9 CHAPTER 3.3.9 eh T su e nG re t cab re tn o E The Genus Enterobacter FRANCINE GRIMONT AND PATRICK A.D. GRIMONT Introduction The genus Enterobacter was first proposed by Hormaeche and Edwards (1960a). However‚ the history of some species now placed in the genus Enterobacter can be traced‚ albeit with some confusion‚ to the end of the 19th century. “Bacillus lactis aerogenes” was isolated by Escherich (1885) from milk
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Staph infections are caused by a staphylococcus bacterium‚ Staphylococcus aureus. S. aureus is a purple‚ cocci shaped cell with its morphological arrangements in grape-like clusters‚ it is determined by a bacteriological stain‚ known as the Gram stain. This determines it to be a gram positive bacterium. When grown on bacteriological media‚ S. aureus appears as a large white to golden colony. It is not very fastidious but it grows well‚ either aerobically or under anaerobic conditions and produces
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Fayetteville State University Bio 430 Dr. Allen Spray it or wipe it!!! The scientific study on the effectiveness of CiDecon® Plus Wipes vs. CIDECON ® Q Aerosol on a mixed culture of bacteria (Serratia marcescens Staphylococcus epidermidis) living on publicly used door knobs Fateema Thomas Andrea Donaldson Aryan Jaimangal Tiffany McNeil John Posey Abstract Germs are a mist in every corner of the world. They are stealth and literally‚ are on everything. This can range from your
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