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    Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a gram positive bacterium that when looked at under a microscope it appears to be a cluster of what looks like purple circles.  This shape is known as cocci.  When grown on a TSA plate‚ Staphylococcus aureus appears to be yellow to opaque in color.  S. aureus is known as one of the most resistant bacterium to multiple antibiotics and considered the most pathogenic.  Everyone is susceptible to S. aureus with one way of transmission being from foods such as chicken

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    The Staphylococcus aureus‚ a bacteria that is found in the nose‚ has been a leading cause of infection in hospitals around the world. This is an antibiotic-resistant‚ nosocomial pathogen‚ meaning that it’s acquired at hospitals. To test the idea that these infections have increased‚ eight hospitals participated in a study within the New York Area. The following are hospitals participated in this study: VA hospital‚ Kings County Hospital‚ Columbia University Medical Center‚ New York-Presbyterian Queens

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    Foodborne Illness Short Answer Questions Staphylococcus • What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? The pathogen that causes Staphylococcus is called Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus is also called Staph and is abbreviated to S. aureus or Staph aureus in medical literature. S. aureus is a bacterium that causes various infections. Staph is a commonly found on the skin and also in mucus membranes (mostly the nose and throat) of up to 25% of healthy

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    Microbiology Lab ReportPractica #1BTC307LAmber AmelingmeierThursday‚ September 18‚ 2008OBJECTIVESIn this lab experiment two different types of bacteria‚ Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus‚ were grown singly and mixed on four different types of agar in order to observe the varying morphologies within the colonies. Resulting data was analyzed to provide understanding of the use of differing culture media and conditions for bacterial growth. RESULTSFour different agar types were used in this

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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Jessica Heinen Autry Technology Center Introduction The full name of MRSA is meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcus aureus (also known as staph) is a common type of bacteria. It is often carried on the skin and inside the nostrils and throat‚ and can cause mild infections of the skin such as boils and impetigo. If staph bacteria get into a break in the skin‚ they can cause life-threatening infections‚ such as

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    MRSA: MRSA is an acronym used to describe a strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to the killing effect of the antibiotic methicillin. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is often called a ‘superbug’ because it is very difficult to treat. It causes a huge number of infections every year in hospitals all over the world. MRSA occurs most often in the U.S. In Europe‚ the problem doesn’t seem quite as bad as in the U.S partly because of differences in the prescribing of antibiotics

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    What is Staph? Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that is commonly found on a person’s skin and inside their sensitive mucous lined areas‚ such as the inside of the nose. Usually‚ it is harmless because of the natural protective barriers that the body has. But‚ if the skin has any damage done to it‚ such as a scratch or scrape‚ this bacteria can quickly invade the wound‚ which in turn causes a staph infection. Treating Staphylococcus Infections If the infection is on the surface of the skin‚

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    Staphylococcus aureus: From a Spot to the Hospital The hospital is silent this morning‚ as the sun breaks through the blinds and casts off all the silver objects in the room. My hospital bed is uncomfortable‚ and it makes me yearn for my 100-year-old mattress and many unnecessary plush-pillows. The smell of bleach and cleanliness lingers in my nose and almost makes me feel sicker. How did I end up here? Well‚ that is not an adrenaline rushed injury or a freak accident‚ but something that started

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    Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Staphylococcus aureus bacteria‚ commonly known as staph‚ are very common. It is "a spherical gram-positive parasitic bacterium of the genus Staphylococcus‚ usually occurring in grapelike clusters and causing boils‚ septicemia‚ and other infections." In fact‚ many people have some living on their skin all of the time and it can cause infection anywhere in the body. There are antibiotics that have been known to kill this bacterium. Unfortunately

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    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus September 22‚ 2013 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA‚ is a bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. In the community‚ most MRSA infections are skin infections. In the medical facilities‚ MRSA causes life-threatening bloodstream infections‚ pneumonia and surgical site infections. (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections‚ 2013) Individuals would

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