New publication on Folia Microbiologica by Natalia Pedretti, Ramona Iseppi, Carla Condò, Shakira Ghazanfar, Patrizia Messi, Alessandro Di Cerbo and Carla Sabia. ABSTRACT The virulence factors, antibiotic resistance patterns, and the associated genetic elements have been investigated in Staphylococcus species. A total