The definition of the heterogeneous group of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) is
still based on diagnostic procedures that fulfill the clinical need to differentiate between …

Infectious disease outbreaks have caused thousands of deaths and hospitalizations, along
with severe negative global economic impacts. Among these, infections caused by …

Antibiotics are used in animal livestock production for therapeutic treatment of disease and
at subtherapeutic levels for growth promotion and improvement of feed efficiency. It is …

In the twenty-first century, the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central part in
optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying local and global …

This chapter discusses mainly those Gram‐positive cocci that were members of the former
family Micrococcaceae prior to its redefinition. The genera have now been rearranged in …

Salmonella is the leading cause of foodborne illnesses in the United States, and one of the
main contributors to salmonellosis is the consumption of contaminated poultry and poultry …

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to public health that dramatically undermines our
ability to treat bacterial infections. Microorganisms exhibit resistance to different drug classes …

The advent of new molecular technologies in genomics and proteomics is shifting traditional
techniques for bacterial classification, identification, and characterization in the 21st century …

Resistance to antimicrobials, in particular that mediated by extended spectrum β-lactamases
(ESBL) and AmpC β-lactamases are frequently reported in bacteria causing canine disease …

Enterococci are now frequent causative agents of nosocomial infections. In this study, we
analyzed the frequency and distribution of antibiotic resistance and virulence genotypes of …