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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52418#.VJdtWcCAM4 Author(s) Fan Zhang 1* , Fan Wang 1 , Liang Xiao 1 , Guoping Sun 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China . 2 Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China . ABSTRACT As a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment of many disorders, Artemisia argyi has shown many valuable bioactivities, but little is known about its effect on Staphylococcus aureus . In this study, the growth, the biofilm formation and the pathogenicity of S. aureus cultivated with or without ethanol extract o...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50441#.VD9UuFfHRK0 Author(s) Stephen C. Edberg 1* , J. Michael Miller 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA . 2 Microbiology Technical Services, Dunwoody, GA, USA . ABSTRACT Epidemiological surveillance for microbes is currently based on either agar culture followed by identification, or genetic amplification. Both techniques are highly skilled-labor intensive, costly, and must be done in central laboratories. The Defined Substrate Utilization ® (DSU ® ) format provides an epidemiological series of specific screening formulations that obviate these limitations. All reagents are present in optimized stable powder form in a test tube...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50350#.VDsk-lfHRK0 Author(s)    Alan Lee Gillen , Whitney O. Daycock , Andrew Serafin Affiliation(s) Department of Biology & Chemistry, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA . ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of disease, particularly in colonized persons. Although methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections have become increasingly reported, population- based studies of students preparing for the health professions having S. aureus and MRSA colonization are lacking. We have found that students in microbiology classes having more contact with individuals in a healthcare setting are more likely to carry MRSA in their nares and axil...