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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ED nurses are reporting increased numbers of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cases, especially in pediatric patients. * MRSA is being seen even in simple abscesses. * Abscesses [...]

The evolution of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is an epic saga. Resistance to penicillin was first reported in the 1940s, at a time when the drug still remained in [...]

Is MRSE the Source of MRSA? Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford University [...]

Something in Common Between Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus: Coagulase Production Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: Candida albicans and some other Candida species elaborate coagulase and might be confused with Staphylococcus [...]

Synopsis: The results of genetic analysis of a strain of S aureus with high-level resistance to vancomycin suggest that this resistance was the consequence of genetic transfer from a VRE [...]

ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY Synopsis: A clonally related strain of S aureus that produces the Panton-Valentine leukocidin associated with severe cutaneous and pulmonary infections has been detected in a number of [...]