Medical researchers have discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly ...

Xepi is indicated for the topical treatment of impetigo due to S. aureus or S. pyogenes in adult and pediatric patients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xepi (ozenoxacin cream; ...

The bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes use fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) anchored in their cell walls to adhere and invade host cells, but how the largely unstructured Fn ...

Toxic shock syndrome is a potentially fatal illness associated with a broad inflammatory response to exposure to bacterial toxins, which are secreted by infective bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus and ...

Figure 1. Honey-colored crusts are the characteristic lesions of impetigo. Seen frequently in children, this skin disease can affect patients of all ages. Knowing the proper therapy and how to prevent ...

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 ...

This protocol describes the use of sortase-mediated reactions to label the N terminus of any given protein of interest. The sortase recognition sequence, LPXTG (for Staphylococcus aureus sortase A) or ...

Reviews of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Supplement 5. Perspectives on Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host Defense (Sep. - Oct., 1987), pp. S475-S481 (7 pages) It is now recognized that bacteria bind to ...

Beta-hemolytic group A streptococcus or Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive human pathogen that habitually colonizes the throat or skin of the host, is a cause of streptococcal pharyngitis – more ...