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 6 (June)

1. Secretory IgA, salivary peroxidase, and catalase-mediated microbicidal activity during hydrogen peroxide catabolism in viridans streptococci: pathogen coaggregation.
   J Infect Dis, 194(1): 98-107. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. An audit demonstrating a reduction in MRSA infection in a specialised vascular unit resulting from a change in infection control protocol.
   Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 31(6): 609-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Validation of AKACID plus as a room disinfectant in the hospital setting.
   Appl Environ Microbiol, 72(6): 3826-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Father-to-infant transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(6): 636-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spread by neonates transferred from primary obstetrics clinics to a tertiary care hospital in Korea.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(6): 593-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit epidemiologically linked to a healthcare worker with chronic otitis.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(6): 581-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Sydney, Australia: emergence of EMRSA-15, Oceania, Queensland and Western Australian MRSA strains.
   Pathology, 38(3): 239-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Impact of linezolid on economic outcomes and determinants of cost in a clinical trial evaluating patients with MRSA complicated skin and soft-tissue infections.
   Ann Pharmacother, 40(6): 1017-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from a teaching hospital in Northern Taiwan.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(6): 2268-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Blinded comparison of repetitive-sequence PCR and multilocus sequence typing for genotyping methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a children's hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(6): 2254-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Heterogeneity of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains at a German University Hospital implicates the circulating-strain pool as a potential source of emerging methicillin-resistant S. aureus clones.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(6): 2179-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Antimicrobial agent of susceptibilities and antiseptic resistance gene distribution among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with impetigo and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(6): 2119-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: new bug, old drugs.
    Ann Pharmacother, 40(6): 1125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Enhancement of antibacterial activity of beta-lactam antibiotics by [P2W18O62]6-, [SiMo12O40]4-, and [PTi2W10O40]7- against methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Inorg Biochem, 100(7): 1225-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Potential use of copper surfaces to reduce survival of epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the healthcare environment.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(3): 289-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: incidence, risk factors and predictors for death in a Brazilian teaching hospital.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(3): 330-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Role of linezolid in the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 4(3): 357-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Increased incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST80, novel ST125 and SCCmecIV in the south-eastern part of Norway during a 12-year period.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(7): 627-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Virtual digest identification of secondary enzymes for use in pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Microbiol Methods, 66(2): 362-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Surgical treatment with spinal instrumentation for pyogenic spondylodiscitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a report of five cases.
    Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, 126(5): 339-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Characterization of biodegradable chitosan microspheres containing vancomycin and treatment of experimental osteomyelitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with prepared microspheres.
    Int J Pharm, 317(2): 127-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 117(7): 212S-238S. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Daptomycin bactericidal activity and correlation between disk and broth microdilution method results in testing of Staphylococcus aureus strains with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(7): 2330-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. A holistic approach to MRSA eradication in critically ill patients with MRSA pneumonia.
    Infection, 34(3): 148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Acquisition of multidrug-resistant organisms among hospital patients hospitalized in beds adjacent to critically ill patients.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(7): 675-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Morbidity and cost burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in early onset ventilator-associated pneumonia.
    Crit Care, 10(3): R97. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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