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[edit] MRSA
I believe the mention of 'Felon infection' should either be cleaned up, moved to S.aureus or both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BruceD270 (talk • contribs) 01:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
Staph is currently in the bacterial family Staphylococcaceae, it was previously considered family Micrococcaceae but has been excluded due to differences in cell wall, dna sequences, and fatty acid compositions of the bacterium. BruceD270 01:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
I have added comments regarding MRSA and pointing up the difficulty of finding all new reports of outbreaks on an encyclopedia site. I have NO expertise in this area, but my own numerous searches over the last few days indicate that the MRSA outbreaks are occurring or are being reported in more and more places. (Google "MRSA" and the name of a city to get an idea of what I am talking about.) It is difficult to know what to do with a public health/public safety issue on an encyclopedia site except to advise readers that the situation is fluid and that other sources of information are likely to be more up-to-date. I have also repeated the internal link to the "MRSA" entry on Wikipedia. We need to get someone with some credentials to address these issues, since a layman such as myself is not qualified or able to fully document or to assess the degree of danger. I also considered moving all this to the Wikipedia MRSA site, but it seems better to me to begin to address the MRSA problem here and then refer the reader to the Wikipedia MRSA site and to other sources. Landrumkelly 12:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Actually, MRSA infections are nothing new; MRSA strains have been around for a long time. What is new is the increased publicity that community acquired strains are getting in the news media. The medical community, including the CDC, believe that the best way to "counter" or prevent infection with MRSA is by simple hand-washing. I don't think recording the number of hits on google that MRSA gets should be included in a Wikipedia entry, nor do I think it is a valid way of assessing the prevalence of a disease. I don't have time to edit the entry. 149.166.135.197 (talk) 23:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted your edits as a result of vandalism. Thank you. -Goodshoped 02:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
Why is it vandalism? Do you think advising people to google a disease to determine its prevalence is responsible? I think reversing the edits is vandalism.68.73.151.7 (talk) 04:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Across What Country?
The second to last paragraph mentions infections found "across the country". This is a global encyclopedia--please identify the specific "country" you mean by name, or else refer to the world. --Sukkoth 20:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Biochemical tests and classification
I removed the previous information in biochemical tests as it was not relevant to Staphylococcus spp. as a whole, but was specific information about 2 species. I feel this was better served under the species page. I then inserted the relevant information about the biochemical tests required to identify the majority of Staphylococcus spp.
Jessica87au (talk) 13:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What bacteriophage infects Staphylococcus aureus?
I am doing an independent investigation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. I recently (today, about five to ten minutes ago) learned about bacteriophage therapy. My question is which type of bacteriophage? All the articles I found so far are about Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteriophages mainly.
Thank you for any assistance you may be able to give.
DarkestMoonlight (talk) 14:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
