MRSA Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about MRSA, including details on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, hospitals, infection, antibiotic resistance, superbugs.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 10 (October)

1. Effect of systematic empiric treatment with imipenem on the bacterial ecology in a burns unit.
   Burns, 31(7): 866-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Is methicillin resistance associated with a worse prognosis in Staphylococcus aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia?
   Clin Infect Dis, 41(9): 1224-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Growth in Cecal Mucus Facilitates Colonization of the Mouse Intestinal Tract by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Infect Dis, 192(9): 1621-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Epidemic of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a 14-year study at Driscoll Children's Hospital.
   Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(10): 980-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from Korea and Japan.
   Microb Drug Resist, 11(3): 279-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Expression of high-level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus from the Staphylococcus sciuri mec A homologue: role of mutation(s) in the genetic background and in the coding region of mec A.
   Microb Drug Resist, 11(3): 215-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Genetic analysis of mec A homologues in Staphylococcus sciuri strains derived from mastitis in dairy cattle.
   Microb Drug Resist, 11(3): 205-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Synthesis and potent antibacterial activity against MRSA of some novel 1,2-disubstituted-1H-benzimidazole-N-alkylated-5-carboxamidines.
   Eur J Med Chem, 40(10): 1062-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Zurich, Switzerland (2003): prevalence of type IV SCCmec and a new SCCmec element associated with isolates from intravenous drug users.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(10): 5164-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Comparison of genetic backgrounds of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Portuguese hospitals and the community.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(10): 5150-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Contemporary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Hong Kong.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(10): 5069-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Novel multiplex PCR assay for characterization and concomitant subtyping of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(10): 5026-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bed occupancy and turnover interval as determinant factors in MRSA infections in acute settings in Northern Ireland: 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2003.
    J Hosp Infect, 61(3): 189-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Colonization of Yankauer suction catheters with pathogenic organisms.
    Am J Infect Control, 33(8): 483-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and its relevance in therapy.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 6(13): 2257-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Antimicrobial activity of a series of 1-alkyl-2-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium bromides against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative bacteria.
    Med Princ Pract, 14(6): 377-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Cost-effectiveness of linezolid versus vancomycin in mechanical ventilation-associated nosocomial pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
    Braz J Infect Dis, 9(3): 191-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Characteristics of community-acquired and health care-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients treated at the emergency department of a teaching hospital.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 53(2): 85-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Bilateral blindness from orbital cellulitis caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Ophthalmol, 140(4): 740-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Randomized, double-blind comparison of once-weekly dalbavancin versus twice-daily linezolid therapy for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections.
    Clin Infect Dis, 41(10): 1407-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus otorrhea after tympanostomy tube placement.
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 131(10): 868-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Vancomycin versus teicoplanin in the therapy of experimental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 26(5): 412-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Linezolid versus vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: pooled analysis of randomized studies.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(5): 923-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The Effect of G-CSF in an Experimental MRSA Graft Infection in Mice.
    J Invest Surg, 18(5): 227-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Discovery of a Biologically Active Thiostrepton Fragment.
    J Am Chem Soc, 127(43): 15042-15044. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Use of ribotyping to retrospectively identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from phase 3 clinical trials for tigecycline that are genotypically related to community-associated isolates.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(11): 4521-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. N-Methylthio beta-lactam antibacterials: effects of the C3/C4 ring substituents on anti-MRSA activity.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 13(23): 6289-308. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. MRSA bacteraemia in patients on arrival in hospital: a cohort study in Oxfordshire 1997-2003.
    BMJ, 331(7523): 992. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Combined effects of panipenem and aminoglycosides on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro.
    Chemotherapy, 51(6): 387-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Mycotic common iliac artery aneurysm complicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: an unusual cause of ureteric obstruction.
    Ann Vasc Surg, 19(6): 904-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients: specific risk factors in a high-risk population?
    Infection, 33(5): 320-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Dutch Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Highly Resistant Microorganisms (HRMO).
    Infection, 33(5): 309-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Study of the synergism between carbapenems and vancomycin or teicoplanin against MRSA, focusing on S-4661, a carbapenem newly developed in Japan.
    J Infect Chemother, 11(5): 259-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Unselective use of intranasal mupirocin ointment for controlling propagation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a thoracic surgery ward.
    J Infect Chemother, 11(5): 231-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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