I paid, then I started my quest for a decent vet. When I got her medical records for my new vet, I discovered that she was in kidney failure according to her pre surgical blood work. Of course he did the expensive elective surgery anyway. No wonder she was puking all the time and l...
Compared to data from our 2009鈥 2010 survey, the percentage of t008/SCCmec IV isolates from nares increased significantly (20.4 to 30.9%; p = 0.004) while the percentage from positive blood cultures remained similar (39.2% vs 39.9%; p = 0.921). There were also significant changes in the...
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate Staphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal carriage epidemiology in relation to other nasopharyngeal bacterial colonizers among sickle cell disease (SCD) children about five years into pneumococcal conju
One aspect of the problem is that LA-MRSA is not only detected in the nares of animals, but also on surfaces, such as stable walls and equipment, as well as in the air and in dust samples [16,17,18]. Although well-conducted cleaning and disinfection can be effective in decontaminating...
aureus) is a human-cum-animal pathogen that is predominantly harboured in the anterior nares of humans [1]. As a pathogen, it is capable of causing infections of the blood, endocardium, meninges, and the bone, and is the key infector of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) [2,3,4]. It has...