Staphylococcus aureus

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STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus has persisted and is now resurging as an important hospital and community pathogen.1 In recent data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control, Staph. aureus finished second behind Escherichia coli as a cause of all types of hospital-acquired infections and essentially equaled that organism in causing hospital-acquired bacteremias.2 Although the exact incidence of community-acquired Staph. aureus sepsis is not known, it continues to be the most common cause of serious progressive skin, soft-tissue, and post-traumatic infections in that setting. Staph. aureus is marvelously equipped as a pathogen, containing biochemical machinery that enables it to colonize quickly and invade . . .