Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive, round-shaped bacterium of the Staphylococcus genus that is among the most commonly carried organisms on human skin and mucous membranes and is also a major human pathogen, responsible for both healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections. These range from localize…
Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive, round-shaped bacterium of the Staphylococcus genus that is among the most commonly carried organisms on human skin and mucous membranes and is also a major human pathogen, responsible for both healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections. These range from localized skin and soft-tissue disease to invasive conditions such as bacteraemia and sepsis, and its clinical significance is amplified by antimicrobial resistance, notably methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). From the perspective of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology, S. aureus is important for laboratory identification, strain characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility testing that guide diagnosis and treatment. Research in this journal's corpus reflects these priorities, including molecular confirmation of staphylococcal strains, morpho-biochemical identification and susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates, and in-vitro activity of antibiotics such as iclaprim against MRSA non-susceptible to daptomycin, linezolid or vancomycin. Related work addresses MRSA colonization and risk factors in defined populations, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, and the antibacterial evaluation of natural and plant-derived compounds, as well as the recovery of S. aureus from diverse clinical, veterinary and environmental samples. Together these aspects span microbiological identification, resistance profiling, epidemiology and the laboratory methods central to managing this pathogen.
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