Staphylococcus Aureus

A 36-year-old man was referred for the management of ongoing posterior right knee pain and discomfort following a complicated surgical history for his knee. He sustained a partial tear of his right quadriceps tendon in 2003 and underwent surgical repair. In 2004, he sustained a complete retear of the same quadriceps tendon and underwent revision surgery. In 2017, he sustained another knee injury at which time he underwent arthroscopic partial medial and lateral meniscectomy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Staphylococcus aureus was present on 40% of sampled cell phones of university students, mostly belonging to nursing students, according to findings presented at ASM Microbe.

ATLANTA — There is a risk that the pathogens that accumulate on kitchen towels can cause food poisoning, but how much of a risk depends on several factors, including family size, diet type and what exactly the towels are used for, researchers reported here.

ATLANTA — Researchers reported at ASM Microbe that the T2Bacteria Panel “demonstrated excellent performance” in detecting bacteremia in patients compared with blood culture.

Daily use of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 reduced the odds of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in stool samples of VA patients with initial extra-gastrointestinal colonization but did not have the same effect in samples from other sites on the body, researchers said.