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 9 (September)

1. A link in transcription between the native pbpB and the acquired mecA gene in a strain of Staphylococcus aureus.
   Microbiology, 152: 2549-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Multihospital surveillance of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus, and Clostridium difficile: analysis of a 4-year data-sharing project, 1999-2002.
   Am J Infect Control, 34(7): 458-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. External quality assessment of molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates by a network of laboratories.
   J Clin Microbiol, 44(9): 3236-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. A high prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among surgically drained soft-tissue infections in pediatric patients.
   Pediatr Surg Int, 22(8): 683-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus via the surfaces of the dental operatory.
   Br Dent J, 201(5): 297-300; discussion 291. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transmission of MRSA via dental operatory surfaces.
   Br Dent J, 201(5): 291. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Anti-MRSA beta-lactams in development.
   Curr Opin Pharmacol, 6(5): 480-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Effect of individual- and group-level antibiotic exposure on MRSA isolation: a multilevel analysis.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 58(4): 878-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Screening of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus intermedius, and Staphylococcus schleiferi isolates obtained from small companion animals for antimicrobial resistance: a retrospective review of 749 isolates (2003-04).
   Vet Dermatol, 17(5): 332-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. New phage type among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with a local outbreak in Belgium during 2002.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 12(10): 1036-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review.
    BMC Infect Dis, 6: 130. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Development of a rapid strain differentiation method for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Japan by detecting phage-derived open-reading frames.
    J Appl Microbiol, 101(4): 938-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bloodstream infections in hospitalized adults with sickle cell disease: a retrospective analysis.
    Am J Hematol, 81(10): 723-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Does hospital cleanliness correlate with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia rates?
    J Hosp Infect, 64(2): 184-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Prevalence of MRSA in emergency and elective patients admitted to a vascular surgical unit: implications for antibiotic prophylaxis.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 32(4): 402-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Gelatin-sealed dacron graft is not more susceptible to MRSA infection than PTFE graft.
    Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 32(4): 425-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. An antibacterial hydroxy fusidic acid analogue from Acremonium crotocinigenum.
    Phytochemistry, 67(19): 2110-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
    Clin Infect Dis, 43(8): 971-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Infective pyomyositis and myositis in children in the era of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
    Clin Infect Dis, 43(8): 953-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The in vitro activity of ceftobiprole against aerobic and anaerobic strains isolated from diabetic foot infections.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among the diabetic and non-diabetic haemodialysis patients.
    Int J Clin Pract, 60(10): 1204-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Internally quenched peptides for the study of lysostaphin: An antimicrobial protease that kills Staphylococcus aureus.
    Org Biomol Chem, 4(19): 3626-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Characteristics of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from chicken meat and hospitalized dogs in Korea and their epidemiological relatedness.
    Vet Microbiol, 117(2): 304-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. An elderly female who survived more than 30 years following a diagnosis of Takayasu's arteritis, complicated by fatal intestinal amyloidosis.
    Clin Rheumatol, 25(6): 907-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Bacterial adherence to surgical sutures: can antibacterial-coated sutures reduce the risk of microbial contamination?
    J Am Coll Surg, 203(4): 481-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Detection of methicillin/oxacillin resistance and typing in aminoglycoside-susceptible methicillin-resistant and kanamycin-tobramycin-resistant methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
    Microb Drug Resist, 12(3): 177-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Incidence and epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Saudi Arabian Hospital, 1999-2003.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1137-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Epidemiology of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among healthcare workers in an outpatient clinic.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1133-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The decrease in healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and savings from glycopeptide use.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1131-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Association between hand hygiene compliance and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence in a French rehabilitation hospital.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1128-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Use of Gaseous Ozone for Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From the Home Environment of a Colonized Hospital Employee.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1120-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. What to think if the results of the National Institutes of Health randomized trial of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus control measures are negative (and other advice to young epidemiologists): a review and an au revoir.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1096-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Antimicrobial use control measures to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance in US hospitals.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1088-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Carriage of multiple subtypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by intensive care unit patients.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1063-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among patients with end-stage renal disease.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1057-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococccus aureus as the cause of healthcare-associated infection.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1051-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disseminated in a home care system.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1041-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a surgical intensive care unit.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1032-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Characteristics of patients with healthcare-associated infection due to SCCmec type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1025-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Impact of alcohol-based, waterless hand antiseptic on the incidence of infection and colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1018-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Active screening in high-risk units is an effective and cost-avoidant method to reduce the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the hospital.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1009-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decreases the incidence of MRSA bacteremia.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(10): 1004-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Comparative in vitro efficacies and antimicrobial durabilities of novel antimicrobial central venous catheters.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(10): 3283-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of daptomycin at doses up to 12 milligrams per kilogram of body weight once daily in healthy volunteers.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(10): 3245-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Origins and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal lineages.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 50(10): 3237-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. In vitro activity of tea-tree oil against clinical skin isolates of meticillin-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci growing planktonically and as biofilms.
    J Med Microbiol, 55: 1375-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Strain dependence of the cell wall-damage induced stimulon in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1760(10): 1475-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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