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 4 (2007), Issue 1 (January)

1. Antimicrobial activity of lysostaphin and a Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage endolysin produced and secreted by lactic acid bacteria.
   Syst Appl Microbiol, 30(1): 58-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Combined use of Pastorex Staph-Plus and either of two new chromogenic agars, MRSA ID and CHROMagar MRSA, for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(1): 154-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Double-locus sequence typing using clfB and spa, a fast and simple method for epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(1): 54-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Rapid multiplex PCR assay for identification of USA300 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(1): 141-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Cutaneous community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among all skin and soft-tissue infections in two geographically distant pediatric emergency departments.
   Acad Emerg Med, 14(1): 35-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Improving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care units.
   J Infect Dis, 195(3): 330-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Auditing the impact of implementing the Modern Matron role in an acute teaching trust.
   J Nurs Manag, 15(1): 22-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Intelligent Bayes Classifier (IBC) for ENT infection classification in hospital environment.
   Biomed Eng Online, 5: 65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Spread of a single multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone carrying a variant of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type III isolated in a university hospital.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 26(1): 29-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals: A review.
    Vet J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Analysis of empiric antimicrobial strategies for cellulitis in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(1): 13-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. In vitro activity of tigecycline against quinolone-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(2): 191-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Bactericidal Activity and Resistance Development Profiling of Dalbavancin.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The secret life of the multilocus sequence type.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(2): 129-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a university hospital in UK.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(2): 117-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Increasing Incidence of Sterile-Site Infections Due to Non-Multidrug-Resistant, Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Among Hospitalized Patients.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(1): 95-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Is Throat Screening Necessary to Detect MRSA Colonization Upon Admission?
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Isothiazoloquinolones with enhanced antistaphylococcal activities against multidrug-resistant strains: effects of structural modifications at the 6-, 7-, and 8-positions.
    J Med Chem, 50(2): 199-210. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. To reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections: is the subclavian route better than the jugular route for central venous catheterization?
    J Infect Chemother, 12(6): 363-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Lysostaphin-resistant variants of Staphylococcus aureus demonstrate reduced fitness in vitro and in vivo.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(2): 475-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Treatment and outcomes of infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at an ambulatory clinic.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(2): 423-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. An outbreak in an intensive care unit of a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 239 associated with an increased rate of vascular access device-related bacteremia.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(4): 493-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A prospective investigation of outcomes after hospital discharge for endemic, community-acquired methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus skin infection.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(4): 483-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics cannot distinguish community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection from methicillin-susceptible S. aureus infection: a prospective investigation.
    Clin Infect Dis, 44(4): 471-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Clinical and hemostatic responses to treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia: role of bacterial pathogens.
    Crit Care Med, 35(2): 490-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Impact of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus active surveillance program on contact precaution utilization in a surgical intensive care unit.
    Crit Care Med, 35(2): 430-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Infectious scleritis after pars plana vitrectomy because of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus resistant to fourth-generation fluoroquinolones.
    Cornea, 26(2): 238-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Emerging Options for Treatment of Invasive, Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(2): 227-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin in Canada.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(2): 177-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Efficacy of mastoidectomy on MRSA-infected chronic otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation.
    Auris Nasus Larynx, 34(1): 9-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Molecular epidemiology and household transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hong Kong.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(2): 145-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Impact of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection on Outcome after Esophagectomy.
    World J Surg, 31(2): 326-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Cost-effectiveness of linezolid and vancomycin in the treatment of surgical site infections.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 23(1): 185-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Development of a real-time Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA (SAM-) PCR for routine blood culture.
    J Microbiol Methods, 68(2): 296-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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