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 7 (July)

1. Risk factors for recurrence in patients with Staphylococcus aureus infections complicated by bacteremia.
   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 55(3): 179-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Managing methicillin-resistant staphylococci: A paradigm for preventing nosocomial transmission of resistant organisms.
   Am J Infect Control, 34(5): S46-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Antimicrobial resistance in gram-positive bacteria.
   Am J Infect Control, 34(5): S11-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Key adhesin gene in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 346(4): 1234-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Trinidad and Tobago.
   Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 5(1): 16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Statistical analysis of the adverse effects of glycopeptide antibiotics, based on pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics (PK/TK).
   J Infect Chemother, 12(3): 114-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Toxin gene content of the Lyon methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone compared with that of other pandemic clones.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(7): 2642-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA medium for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from blood cultures.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(7): 2575-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Assignment of Staphylococcus isolates to groups by spa typing, SmaI macrorestriction analysis, and multilocus sequence typing.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(7): 2533-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance among community- and hospital-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(7): 2481-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Comparisons of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and hospital-associated MSRA infections in Sacramento, California.
    J Clin Microbiol, 44(7): 2423-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparison of four methods for detection of teicoplanin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(1): 186-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Assessment of allelic variation in the ccrAB locus in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(1): 23-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Immunization of mice with autolysin adhesin (Aaa) provides protection against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis infection.
    Clin Immunol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The Bacteriology of Pleural Infection by Genetic and Standard Methods and its Mortality Significance.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Reducing the potential for phlebotomy tourniquets to act as a reservoir for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 428-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Impact of selective screening in the emergency department on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control programmes.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 380-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Nosocomial and community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitalized patients (Spain, 1993-2003).
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 465-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Long-term efficacy of mupirocin in the prevention of infections with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a gastroenterology unit.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 385-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Use of a temporary cohort ward as part of an intervention to reduce the incidence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a vascular surgery ward.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 374-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Enhanced surveillance of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a London teaching hospital.
    J Hosp Infect, 63(4): 365-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Association between commensal bacteria and opportunistic pathogens in the dental plaque of elderly individuals.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(8): 776-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Microarray-based characterisation of a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(8): 718-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Efficacy of telavancin in a murine model of bacteraemia induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(2): 462-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. In vitro susceptibility of Gram-positive pathogens to linezolid and teicoplanin and effect on outcome in critically ill patients.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(2): 470-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Reversing methicillin resistance in MRSA using a bacterial transforming agent.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(2): 455-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from cats and dogs.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(2): 428-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Outbreak in Alberta of community-acquired (USA300) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in people with a history of drug use, homelessness or incarceration.
    CMAJ, 175(2): 149-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Rapid cost-effective subtyping of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by denaturing HPLC.
    J Med Microbiol, 55: 1053-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Case studies in current drug development: 'glycylcyclines'.
    Curr Opin Chem Biol, 10(4): 374-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Mortality risk factors in chronic haemodialysis patients with infective endocarditis.
    Nephrol Dial Transplant, 21(8): 2184-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. In vitro activities of dalbavancin and 12 other agents against 329 aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive isolates recovered from diabetic foot infections.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(8): 2875-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. In vitro activities of ceftobiprole, tigecycline, daptomycin, and 19 other antimicrobials against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from a national survey of Belgian hospitals.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(8): 2680-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Antimicrobial constituents of Scrophularia deserti.
    Phytochemistry, 67(14): 1530-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Gentamicin-susceptible or gentamicin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case-case study.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(8): 879-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Therapies and vaccines for emerging bacterial infections: learning from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Pediatr Clin North Am, 53(4): 699-713. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Ophthalmic manifestations of infections caused by the USA300 clone of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Ophthalmology, 113(8): 1455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and characterization of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
    BMC Infect Dis, 6(1): 125. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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