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 4 (April)

1. Neonatal disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus presenting as orbital cellulitis.
   J Laryngol Otol, 119(1): 64-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Potential of the polyvalent anti-Staphylococcus bacteriophage K for control of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from hospitals.
   Appl Environ Microbiol, 71(4): 1836-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Re-emergence of early pandemic Staphylococcus aureus as a community-acquired meticillin-resistant clone.
   Lancet, 365(9466): 1256-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Targeting protein homodimerization: a novel drug discovery system.
   FEBS Lett, 579(10): 2065-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Efficacy of current agents used in the treatment of Gram-positive infections and the consequences of resistance.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11: 29-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Current and emerging serious Gram-positive infections.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11: 22-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Biological counterstrike: antibiotic resistance mechanisms of Gram-positive cocci.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11: 2-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. First report of infection with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in South America.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(4): 1985-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Performance of CHROMagar MRSA medium for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(4): 1925-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Epidemiology of emerging methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Denmark: a nationwide study in a country with low prevalence of MRSA infection.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(4): 1836-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Necrotizing fasciitis caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles.
    N Engl J Med, 352(14): 1445-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in three communities.
    N Engl J Med, 352(14): 1436-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Community-acquired disseminated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: case report and clinical implications.
    Ann Trop Paediatr, 25(1): 53-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Clinical and economic outcomes of oral linezolid versus intravenous vancomycin in the treatment of MRSA-complicated, lower-extremity skin and soft-tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Surg, 189(4): 425-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in Poland obtained by the National Quality Assurance Programme.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(5): 379-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Screening of crude extracts of six medicinal plants used in South-West Nigerian unorthodox medicine for anti-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus activity.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 5(1): 6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Daptomycin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(7): 1058-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in less than 1 hour during a hospital surveillance program.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(7): 976-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Estimation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission by considering colonization pressure at the time of hospital admission.
    J Hosp Infect, 60(1): 27-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Mortality risk factors with nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus infections in intensive care units: results from the German Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (KISS).
    Infection, 33(2): 50-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) patient exposure by infection control measures.
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 87(2): 123-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Effect of certain bioactive plant extracts on clinical isolates of beta-lactamase producing methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Basic Microbiol, 45(2): 106-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Penetration of moxifloxacin into the human aqueous humour after oral administration.
    Br J Ophthalmol, 89(5): 628-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(10): 1529-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Use of long-acting tetracyclines for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: case series and review of the literature.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(10): 1429-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Serotonin toxicity associated with concomitant use of linezolid.
    Ann Pharmacother, 39(5): 956-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in liver transplantation: a matched controlled study.
    Transplant Proc, 37(2): 1243-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Meningitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): review of 10 cases.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 25(5): 414-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Susceptibility and resistance genes to fluoroquinolones in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in 2002.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 25(5): 374-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Investigation of beta-lactam antibiotic-induced vancomycin-resistant MRSA (BIVR).
    J Infect Chemother, 11(2): 104-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Seven novel variants of the staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Ireland.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(5): 2070-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an emerging threat.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 5(5): 275-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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