Sarita Manandhar
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Biography
Staphylococci are notorious human pathogens that cause variety of diseases ranging from minor skin infections to chronic systemic infections such as osteomyelitis, endocarditis and biofilm associated infections of in dwelling devices. These infections have also the potential to spread both in health care facilities and communities eventually causing minor outbreaks. A multitude of factors including but not limited to antibiotic resistance, biofilm production and formation of antibiotic tolerant persister cells contribute to treatment failures in such staphylococcal infections.