Staphylococcal meningitis is an inflammatory condition that arises due to infection from Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. It causes inflammation in the protective lining around the brain. Meningitis is ...

Severe MRSA infections can be fatal. MRSA mortality rates tend to be highest in older people. Certain underlying health conditions can also increase the risk of death. Staphylococcus aureus is a ...

The bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (staph) lives on the skin and in the nose of many people. It usually only causes a problem such as MSSA bacteremia if it gets inside the body. Staph infections can ...

Since the clinical feature of Kawasaki disease is similar to that of infective diseases caused by superantigen toxins, the relationship between Kawasaki disease and the superantigen has been ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Founded in 1904, The Journal of Infectious Diseases is the premier publication in the Western Hemisphere for original research on ...

Newly described proteins in drug-resistant strains of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium attract and then destroy protective human white blood cells--a key process ensuring that S. aureus survives ...

What Causes Scalded Skin Syndrome? Staphylococcal aureus bacteria is a type of bacteria that normally lives on people. It's found in the nose, groin, armpit, and other areas. Most of the time, the ...

Protein A is a 42KDa cell surface protein which is found on the cell walls of 90% of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial strains. It is encoded for by the polymorphic X-region of the SpA gene, and ...

D. Santivatr, S. K. Maheswaran, J. A. Newman and B. S. Pomeroy Studies were conducted to determine why chickens infected with infectious bursal disease (IBD) are more susceptible to Staphylococcus ...