Staphylococcus saprophyticus is one of the pathogenic species of staphylococci, the other two are S. aureus and S. epidermidis. Staphylococcus epidermidis and S. saprophyticus are often...
Category: Bacteriology
The viridans streptococci are important Gram-positive cocci comprising a large group of bacteria. These are found as mouth commensals, causing minor to life-threatening diseases. The word viridans...
BioMérieux's API (Analytical Profile Index) identification products are test kits for the identification of Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and yeast. The kits include strips that...
ESKAPE is the acronym for six nosocomial pathogens that can ‘escape’ commonly used antibiotics due to their increasing multi-drug resistance (MDR). These pathogens are; Enterococcus faecium,...
Relapsing fever is a bacterial infection characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and nonspecific symptoms following exposure to insect vector-carrying Borrelia species. There are two...
The severity and duration of any infectious disease depend on the infective dose of the pathogen and predisposing host factors. The infective dose is defined as a minimum number of microorganisms...