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 12 (December)

1. High-pressure irrigation and gentian-violet application for mediastinitis following replacement of ascending aorta and aortic valve.
   Heart Vessels, 21(6): 392-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Improved and rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage using selective broth and multiplex PCR.
   Res Microbiol, 157(10): 971-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Antibacterial resistance and their genetic location in MRSA isolated in Kuwait hospitals, 1994-2004.
   BMC Infect Dis, 6: 168. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Longitudinal study of the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a university hospital.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(12): 4297-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Comparison of routine prophylaxis with vancomycin or cefazolin for femoral neck fracture surgery: microbiological and clinical outcomes.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(12): 1366-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types of, as well as Panton-Valentine leukocidin occurrence among, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children and adults in middle Tennessee.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(12): 4436-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Predominance of clones carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated in Japanese hospitals from 1979 to 1985.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(12): 4515-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Phenotypic detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by disk diffusion testing and Etest on Mueller-Hinton agar.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(12): 4395-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, MRSA select, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(12): 4561-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolation from diabetic foot ulcers correlates with nasal MRSA carriage.
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 75(1): 47-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A population-based study examining the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in New York City.
    Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 5: 29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Clinical and molecular epidemiology of nursing home-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
    Am J Infect Control, 34(10): 642-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Salt tolerance of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Usefulness of PCR-RFLP of coagulase gene to discriminate arbekacin-resistant MRSA.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the role of Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
    Lab Invest, 87(1): 3-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Small-colony variants: a novel mechanism for triclosan resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(1): 43-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Habituation to sub-lethal concentrations of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) is associated with reduced susceptibility to antibiotics in human pathogens.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(1): 125-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Efficacy of right anterior sector drainage reconstruction in right-lobe live-donor transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 38(10): 3582-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Randomized controlled trial of chlorhexidine gluconate for washing, intranasal mupirocin, and rifampin and doxycycline versus no treatment for the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(2): 178-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Evaluation of mannitol salt agar, CHROMagar Staph aureus and CHROMagar MRSA for detection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swab specimens.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 43-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Successful joint arthroplasty after treatment of destructive MRSA arthritis of the knee using antibiotic-loaded hydroxyapatite blocks: a case report.
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, 127(1): 47-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Molecular identification and characterization of mannitol-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(1): 93-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance in German Intensive Care Units (SARI): A Summary of the Data from 2001 through 2004.
    Infection, 34(6): 303-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Combination of multiplex PCRs for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type assignment: rapid identification system for mec, ccr, and major differences in junkyard regions.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(1): 264-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. High-level vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates associated with a polymicrobial biofilm.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(1): 231-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Trends in antibiotic susceptibility patterns and epidemiology of MRSA isolates from several hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
    Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 5: 30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Antibiotic-conjugated polyacrylate nanoparticles: new opportunities for development of anti-MRSA agents.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(1): 53-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. MRSA in children presenting to hospitals in Birmingham, UK.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(1): 29-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Effect on MRSA transmission of rapid PCR testing of patients admitted to critical care.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(1): 24-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. An evaluation of different methods for the recovery of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from environmental surfaces.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(1): 35-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in association with chronic dacryocystitis secondary to congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
    J AAPOS, 10(6): 583-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. MRSA in children from foreign countries adopted to Swedish families.
    Acta Paediatr, 96(1): 105-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 56(1): 1-16; quiz 17-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Bionectins A-C, Epidithiodioxopiperazines with Anti-MRSA Activity, from Bionectra byssicola F120.
    J Nat Prod, 69(12): 1816-1819. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Antimicrobial susceptibility and staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec type in community- and hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(1): 3-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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