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 5 (May)

1. National hospital infection surveillance on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Hosp Infect, 60(2): 172-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Significant reduction of endemic MRSA acquisition and infection in cardiothoracic patients by means of an enhanced targeted infection control programme.
   J Hosp Infect, 60(2): 104-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Emerging infections with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in outpatients at an Army Community Hospital.
   Surg Infect (Larchmt), 6(1): 87-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Unstable vancomycin heteroresistance is common among clinical isolates of methiciliin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2494-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in England and Wales: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2384-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Genetic background affects stability of mecA in Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2380-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Dissemination of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in northern Norway: sequence types 8 and 80 predominate.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2118-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Activity of medicinal plant extracts against hospital isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(6): 510-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cost analysis of a hospital-wide selective screening programme for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers in the context of diagnosis related groups (DRG) payment.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(6): 466-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Effectiveness of a hospital-wide selective screening programme for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers at hospital admission to prevent hospital-acquired MRSA infections.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(6): 457-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Predominance of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type IV among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Swedish county and presence of unknown SCCmec types with Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(6): 447-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Telavancin versus standard therapy for treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections due to gram-positive bacteria.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(11): 1601-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Susceptibilities to antiseptic agents and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes qacA/B and smr of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Asia during 1998 and 1999.
    J Med Microbiol, 54: 557-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Three-year surveillance of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infections in children.
    Clin Infect Dis, 40(12): 1785-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Molecular analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus reveals an absence of plasmid DNA in multidrug-resistant isolates.
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 44(3): 297-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Infection of the surgical site after arthroplasty of the hip.
    J Bone Joint Surg Br, 87(6): 844-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Clonal structure of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) population in Poland: revision and update.
    Microb Drug Resist, 11(2): 127-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Major epidemic clones of Staphylococcus aureus in Nigeria.
    Microb Drug Resist, 11(2): 115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Comparable efficacies of the antimicrobial peptide human lactoferrin 1-11 and gentamicin in a chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis model.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2438-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Inducible clindamycin resistance and molecular epidemiologic trends of pediatric community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dallas, Texas.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2283-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Linezolid versus vancomycin in treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2260-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Panton valentine leukocidin (PVL) toxin positive MRSA strains isolated from companion animals.
    Vet Microbiol, 108(1): 145-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Influence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier status in liver transplant recipients.
    Transplant Proc, 37(4): 1710-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Cervical epidural abscess: a rare complication of intravenous cannulation.
    Anaesthesia, 60(6): 605-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Microbiological spectrum and susceptibility patterns of pathogens causing bacteraemia in paediatric febrile neutropenic oncology patients: comparison between two consecutive time periods with use of different antibiotic treatment protocols.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 25(6): 469-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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