• Require X (hemin) and/or V (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) factors for growth • Responsible for 0.5–1% of all cases of IE • Haemophilus aphrophilus is the most common species ...

Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE ... with a trend towards late (>60 days), health-care-associated S. aureus infection.

While medical therapy may suffice in right-sided endocarditis ... eradication of infection when IE is caused by multiresistant organisms, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus and vancomycin ...

Endocarditis is the infection and inflammation of an individual's endocardium. The heart chambers have an interior surface covered by a special lining, called the endocardium, containing a layer ...

However, in those with a weakened immune system, S. aureus can get into the bloodstream and cause infections. These can range from mild skin and soft tissue infections to more severe infections ...

Now, say that a few days after your initial infection with S. aureus, you decide to go to the local health center to have your wound examined. Maybe your finger is not healing as quickly as you ...

Despite this urgent medical need, no vaccine is currently available to prevent the consequences of an S. aureus infection. The FDA’s Fast Track designation for LBT-SA7 allows us to accelerate ...