Researchers show that pediatric Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections are a cause for concern and may be associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts Their results confirm that flucloxacillin can be ...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), commonly found on human skin. While most CoNS bacteria are typically considered clinically harmless, recent studies have shown ...

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the major cause for nosocomial infections (hospital acquired infections). Scientists from University of Tubingen, Germany have discovered a new ...

SAN DIEGO — Staphylococcus lugdunensis is underestimated as a cause of hospital-acquired osteoarticular infection, and should be treated aggressively, researchers reported here at the Interscience ...

A potential lifesaver lies unrecognized in the human body: Scientists have discovered that Staphylococcus lugdunensis which colonizes in the human nose produces a previously unknown antibiotic. As ...

Scientists hunting for ways to treat hard-to-beat bacterial infections have found a new antibiotic hiding right under our noses. In the past, most new antibiotics have been discovered by sifting ...

Researchers studying the bacterium Staphylococcus lugdunensis in its natural environment have stumbled onto an amazing discovery. The microbe, which resides in the human nose, produces a molecule ...

Bacteria known to cause skin and soft tissue infections were uncovered in microbiological studies of the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), with nearly 60% of cultures dominated by ...

With antibiotic-resistant super bugs on the rise, researchers are on an urgent hunt for other bacteria that might yield chemicals we can harness as powerful drugs. Scientists once found most of these ...

Your mother told you early and often not to stick your finger up there. But scientists say they have reached into the human nose and picked out something really special — a potential new medicine to ...