Enterobacteriaceae Stephanie R. Black Marc J.M. Bonten Robert A. Weinstein The family Enterobacteriaceae comprises a wide array of gram-negative bacilli whose reservoirs include soil, water, plants, and the gastrointestinal tracts…
Enterococcus Species Emily K. Shuman Carol E. Chenoweth Compared with other Gram-positive cocci such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, enterococci have been viewed as relatively avirulent, endogenous microorganisms with…
Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation in the Staphylococci Paul D. Fey As documented in other chapters of this text, both Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis are a cause of significant infections…
Streptococci Kent B. Crossley Microorganisms of the genus Streptococcus were a major cause of healthcare-associated infection in the preantibiotic era. During the last half-century, they have been associated with occasional…
Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Wilma Ziebuhr Ursula Flückiger Coagulase-negative staphylococci primarily reside on the healthy human skin and mucosa, and as commensals they are considered to exhibit a low pathogenic potential. Indeed,…
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Cassandra D. Salgado David P. Calfee INTRODUCTION Purpose of Chapter For many decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been regarded as an important microorganism within acute healthcare,…
Staphylococcus Aureus Joseph F. John Jr. Sanjay K. Shukla The carrier is the archetypal stranger, both embodying the danger of microbial invasion … and transforming it into the possibility for…
Healthcare-Associated Central Nervous System Infections Jeffrey M. Tessier W. Michael Scheld Healthcare-associated infections related to the central nervous system (CNS) are a relatively infrequent but important category of hospital-acquired infections….
Healthcare-Associated Eye Infections Marlene L. Durand David J. Weber William A. Rutala Worldwide, 314 million people are visually impaired and 45 million are blind (1). Cataracts account for nearly half…
Healthcare-Associated Burn Wound Infections C. Glen Mayhall Burn patients are among the patients at highest risk for healthcare-associated infections. These patients have lost a portion of their integument that would…
