R supplementation with exogenous probiotic strains has the same mechanism of action is unclear [41]. However, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria are main members of the gut microbiota, and therefore it is worthwhile to investigate the effect of probiotics on the relationship between the gut microbiota and obesity or obesity-related diseases. In summary, the probiotic L. gasseri BNR17 lowered body weight and adiposity by increasing the expression of fatty-acid oxidation genes and reducing the levels of leptin and insulin in high-sucrose diet-induced obese mice. This suggests that L. gasseri BNR17 may facilitate alleviating metabolic syndrome.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: JHK SIY. Performed the experiments: JHK SIY MHP JHP SYJ. Analyzed the data: JHK HOP. Wrote the paper: JHK.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a well known pathogen and is capable of colonizing the skin and mucosa of humans with the anterior nares being the most common carriage site [1]. Three human nasal carriage patterns can be distinguished: the persistent (30 ), intermittent (40 ) and non-carriage (30 ) pattern [2]. This was recently reduced to two major phenotypes: persistent and non-carriage only [3]. Importantly, nasal carriage of S. aureus increases the risk for infection with this bacterial species [4]. The control of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) reservoirs and infections is often problematic because these populations are resistant to almost al b-lactam antibiotics, the treatment of choice for Staphylococcal infections, and are often resistant to other commonly prescribed antibiotics [5]. Recently there has been a worldwide change in the epidemiology of MRSA. MRSA populations have been a problem in hospitals worldwide since the 1960s, but the emergence of new clones of MRSA has occurred in the community among individuals who lacked contact with healthcare [6]. In the US nearly all MRSA are associated with the community-associated (CA)-MRSA USA300 clone [7]. Nowadays in many European countries, Northern Americas, Australia and Asia there has also been an increased incidence of carriage of a livestock-associated (LA)-MRSA, especially in people with direct contact with livestock, such as farmers and veterinar-ians [8]. The majority of these LA-MRSA cases are caused by MRSA multi-locus sequence type (ST) 398, a lineage that can be detected by the fact that strains are Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) non-typeable, by restriction-modification (RM) testing and PCR testing [9,10]. Currently ST398 MRSA/MSSA is reported in hospitals where it caused a broad spectrum of relatively mild infections including soft skin and tissue infections (SSTI) [11,12], abscesses, urinary tract infections 23977191 (UTI) and wound infections [13,14]. In rare cases severe infections such as endocarditis [15] and bacteraemia [13] have been observed, although these occurred in older patients with Cucurbitacin I custom synthesis underlying diseases. Often these cases were livestock-associated but occasionally infections occurred in people lacking contact with livestock. The level of intensity and the duration of direct contact with livestock are A 196 site important factors in proving positive for MRSA ST398. Prevalence of MRSA ST398 in farm-workers decreases substantially during holidays and in periods of less intense contact with livestock [16]. Van Cleef et al. showed that humans, who are temporarily in close contact with livestock, easily acquire MRSA ST398 but also shed the strain in less than 24.R supplementation with exogenous probiotic strains has the same mechanism of action is unclear [41]. However, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria are main members of the gut microbiota, and therefore it is worthwhile to investigate the effect of probiotics on the relationship between the gut microbiota and obesity or obesity-related diseases. In summary, the probiotic L. gasseri BNR17 lowered body weight and adiposity by increasing the expression of fatty-acid oxidation genes and reducing the levels of leptin and insulin in high-sucrose diet-induced obese mice. This suggests that L. gasseri BNR17 may facilitate alleviating metabolic syndrome.Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: JHK SIY. Performed the experiments: JHK SIY MHP JHP SYJ. Analyzed the data: JHK HOP. Wrote the paper: JHK.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a well known pathogen and is capable of colonizing the skin and mucosa of humans with the anterior nares being the most common carriage site [1]. Three human nasal carriage patterns can be distinguished: the persistent (30 ), intermittent (40 ) and non-carriage (30 ) pattern [2]. This was recently reduced to two major phenotypes: persistent and non-carriage only [3]. Importantly, nasal carriage of S. aureus increases the risk for infection with this bacterial species [4]. The control of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) reservoirs and infections is often problematic because these populations are resistant to almost al b-lactam antibiotics, the treatment of choice for Staphylococcal infections, and are often resistant to other commonly prescribed antibiotics [5]. Recently there has been a worldwide change in the epidemiology of MRSA. MRSA populations have been a problem in hospitals worldwide since the 1960s, but the emergence of new clones of MRSA has occurred in the community among individuals who lacked contact with healthcare [6]. In the US nearly all MRSA are associated with the community-associated (CA)-MRSA USA300 clone [7]. Nowadays in many European countries, Northern Americas, Australia and Asia there has also been an increased incidence of carriage of a livestock-associated (LA)-MRSA, especially in people with direct contact with livestock, such as farmers and veterinar-ians [8]. The majority of these LA-MRSA cases are caused by MRSA multi-locus sequence type (ST) 398, a lineage that can be detected by the fact that strains are Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) non-typeable, by restriction-modification (RM) testing and PCR testing [9,10]. Currently ST398 MRSA/MSSA is reported in hospitals where it caused a broad spectrum of relatively mild infections including soft skin and tissue infections (SSTI) [11,12], abscesses, urinary tract infections 23977191 (UTI) and wound infections [13,14]. In rare cases severe infections such as endocarditis [15] and bacteraemia [13] have been observed, although these occurred in older patients with underlying diseases. Often these cases were livestock-associated but occasionally infections occurred in people lacking contact with livestock. The level of intensity and the duration of direct contact with livestock are important factors in proving positive for MRSA ST398. Prevalence of MRSA ST398 in farm-workers decreases substantially during holidays and in periods of less intense contact with livestock [16]. Van Cleef et al. showed that humans, who are temporarily in close contact with livestock, easily acquire MRSA ST398 but also shed the strain in less than 24.