TY - JOUR AU - Chessa, Daniela AU - Ganau, Giulia AU - Mazzarello, Vittorio PY - 2015/07/04 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An overview of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus with a focus on developing countries JF - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries JA - J Infect Dev Ctries VL - 9 IS - 06 SE - Reviews DO - 10.3855/jidc.6923 UR - https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/26142662 SP - 547-550 AB - <p class="SmallText">Most nosocomial infections by <em>Staphylococcus epidermidis </em>and<em> Staphylococcus aureus </em>have gained considerable attention due to an increase of infections caused by these strains that have been reported in recent years throughout the world.</p> <p class="SmallText">Most notably, it is important to underline the presence of <em>S. epidermidis </em>and<em> S. aureus</em> in the human epithelia microflora and to highlight that it is impossible to eradicate them from humans.</p> <p class="SmallText">There are various virulence factors that normally sustain the infection life cycle, such as antibiotic resistance (methicillin resistance). Furthermore, it is important to evaluate the usefulness of typing the <em>spa</em> gene from isolated strains in order to study genotypes and geographical distributions. In the present review, different cases related to patients infected by <em>Staphylococci</em> and an overview of this problem worldwide are reported.</p> ER -