Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

Amount

$525,577.00

Award Date

8/19/2010

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

Infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus span a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic nasal carriage to endocarditis, bone and joint infections and lethal shock. Increasing rates of S. aureus infection and the emergence of community-acquired