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Effect of humidity and nutrient content on the survival of Staphylococcus aureus on a glass surface
Download2013-03-13
Surfaces contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus can play an important role in its transmission throughout communities and hospitals. Previous research on S. aureus surface survivability has generally used high density inocula (>105 CFU mL-1), which may lead to cryptic growth of the cells, as...
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Identification and Characterization of Six Bacteriophages Capable of Infecting Extremely Antibiotic Resistant Strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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Infections caused by the ubiquitous Gram-negative bacillus Stenotrophomonas maltophilia are on the rise worldwide. Due to the impressive array of innate antibiotic resistance mechanisms employed by this bacterium, treatment of infections is exceedingly difficult; therefore, alternative treatment...
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The isolation and characterization of two Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteriophages capable of cross-taxonomic order infectivity
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Lynch, Karlene H.Stothard, Paul, Peters, Danielle L., Dennis, Jonathan J.
Background A rapid worldwide increase in the number of human infections caused by the extremely antibiotic resistant bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is prompting alarm. One potential treatment solution to the current antibiotic resistance dilemma is “phage therapy”, the clinical...