Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THE

Amount

$390,000.00

Award Date

8/02/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of community and nosocomially-acquired infectious and toxin-mediated syndromes, some life-threatening that affect patients of all ages. As a species, S. aureus has become resistant to antibiotics of all classes