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 3 (2006), Issue 10 (October)

1. Effects of long-term routine use of selective digestive decontamination on antimicrobial resistance.
   Intensive Care Med, 32(10): 1569-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Use of antibiotic-loaded polymethylmethacrylate beads for the treatment of extracavitary prosthetic vascular graft infections.
   J Vasc Surg, 44(4): 757-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Significant pathogens isolated from surgical site infections at a community hospital in the Midwest.
   Am J Infect Control, 34(8): 526-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Effectiveness of preemptive barrier precautions in controlling nosocomial colonization and infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn unit.
   Am J Infect Control, 34(8): 476-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Verification of the IDI-MRSA assay for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diverse specimen types in a core clinical laboratory setting.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(10): 3794-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Use of a single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping system to demonstrate the unique epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in remote aboriginal communities.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(10): 3720-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Staphylococcus aureus genotyping using novel real-time PCR formats.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(10): 3712-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Cephalosporins for uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections in emerging community-acquired MRSA.
   Expert Opin Pharmacother, 7(15): 2019-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Molecular epidemiology of clinical and carrier strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital settings of north India.
   Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 5: 22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Evaluation of a single-locus real-time polymerase chain reaction as a screening test for specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU patients.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 25(10): 657-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Evaluation of BacLite Rapid MRSA, a rapid culture based screening test for the detection of ciprofloxacin and methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) from screening swabs.
    BMC Microbiol, 6: 83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: nosocomial transmission in a neonatal unit.
    J Hosp Infect, 64(3): 244-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Solid-phase synthesis and antibacterial activity of hydroxycinnamic acid amides and analogues against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 16(22): 5870-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Changes in the epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with the emergence of EMRSA-16 at a university hospital.
    J Hosp Infect, 64(3): 257-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Increased mortality among elderly patients with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
    J Hosp Infect, 64(3): 251-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Combination of staphylococcal chromosome cassette SCCmec type V and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that caused necrotizing pneumonia in Greece.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 56(2): 213-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Risk of acquiring antibiotic-resistant bacteria from prior room occupants.
    Arch Intern Med, 166(18): 1945-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Not so Pretty in Pink: Staphylococcus cohnii masquerading as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on Chromogenic Media.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Predictors of mortality for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus health-care-associated pneumonia: specific evaluation of vancomycin pharmacokinetic indices.
    Chest, 130(4): 947-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Uncertain efficacy of daptomycin for prosthetic joint infections: a prospective case series.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 451: 34-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Efficacy of linezolid versus vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus discitis: a controlled animal model.
    Spine, 31(22): E830-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Evolving epidemiology of pediatric Staphylococcus aureus cutaneous infections in a Baltimore hospital.
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 22(10): 717-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Evaluation of anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activity and synergy of some bioactive plant extracts.
    Biotechnol J, 1(10): 1093-1102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Systemic antimicrobial prophylaxis for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Synthetic peptides derived from human antimicrobial peptide ubiquicidin accumulate at sites of infections and eradicate (multi-drug resistant) Staphylococcus aureus in mice.
    Peptides, 27(11): 2585-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. In vitro activity of fluoroquinolones, vancomycin, and gentamicin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ocular isolates.
    Am J Ophthalmol, 142(5): 726-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. High-dose vancomycin therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: efficacy and toxicity.
    Arch Intern Med, 166(19): 2138-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Risk factors for hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a case-control study.
    Epidemiol Infect, 134(6): 1167-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Changing patterns of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Pediatr Orthop, 26(6): 703-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic relationship of arbekacin for treatment of patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(11): 3763-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Population pharmacokinetics of Arbekacin in patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(11): 3754-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Serum bactericidal activities of high-dose daptomycin with and without coadministration of gentamicin against isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(11): 3529-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing fasciitis in a neonate.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 25(11): 1080-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Fifteen-year study of the changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Med, 119(11): 943-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Costs of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its control.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 28(5): 379-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. New agents for Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
    Curr Opin Infect Dis, 19(6): 544-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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