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 12 (December)

1. Public health impact of establishing the cause of bacterial infections in rural Asia.
   Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 102(1): 5-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in an intensive care unit: a 10 year analysis.
   J Hosp Infect, 67(4): 308-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The development of a new three-step protocol to determine the efficacy of disinfectant wipes on surfaces contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Hosp Infect, 67(4): 329-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Predominance of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec type IVA in South Korea.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(12): 4021-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Trends in prescribing beta-lactam antibiotics for treatment of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(12): 3930-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among Taiwanese children in 2005 and 2006.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(12): 3992-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Experience applying the UK meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) guidelines in a tertiary referral hospital in the United Arab Emirates 1999-2002: same guidelines, different cultures.
   J Hosp Infect, 67(4): 323-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: occurrence of a new spa type in two acute care hospitals in Austria.
   J Hosp Infect, 67(4): 316-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Hospital exposure in a UK population, and its association with bacteraemia.
   J Hosp Infect, 67(4): 301-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Surveillance of antibacterial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Kuwaiti hospitals.
    Med Princ Pract, 17(1): 71-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Adult methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in Taiwan: clinical significance of non-multi-resistant antibiogram and Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 59(4): 365-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparative Proteomics Analyses Reveal a Potential Biomarker for the Detection of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Strains.
    J Proteome Res, 6(12): 4690-702. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Identification of novel cytolytic peptides as key virulence determinants for community-associated MRSA.
    Nat Med, 13(12): 1510-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. MRSA infections in smaller hospitals, Victoria, Australia.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(10): 697-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Implementation of an intensified infection control program to reduce MRSA transmissions in a German tertiary care hospital.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(10): 643-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. National prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in inpatients at US health care facilities, 2006.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(10): 631-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains between different kinds of pig farms.
    Vet Microbiol, 126(4): 383-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COMMON MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus and foreign travel.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Microbiological and clinical study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrying VraS mutation: changes in susceptibility to glycopeptides and clinical significance.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 31(1): 64-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Indwelling device use and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes: identifying a high-risk group.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(12): 1921-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Evaluation of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the rapid identification of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 95-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA): an emerging pathogen in infective endocarditis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. A novel chromatography system to isolate active ribosomes from pathogenic bacteria.
    RNA, 14(1): 188-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Distribution of the ACME-arcA gene among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from England and Wales.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 73-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Does antibiotic exposure increase the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolation? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 26-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. The association between biocide tolerance and the presence or absence of qac genes among hospital-acquired and community-acquired MRSA isolates.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 78-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. In vitro and in vivo activities of echinomycin against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 163-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Microbiological effects of prior vancomycin use in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(1): 85-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) in the treatment of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis.
    Spine, 32(26): 2996-3006. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Listen up, MRSA: The bug stops here.
    Nursing, 37(12): 51-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Impact of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage Postoperatively After Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
    Transplant Proc, 39(10): 3271-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Optimizing therapy for MRSA pneumonia.
    Semin Respir Crit Care Med, 28(6): 615-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Neutralization of staphylococcal exotoxins in vitro by human-origin intravenous immunoglobulin.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(6): 368-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Bloodstream infections in adults: importance of healthcare-associated infections.
    J Infect, 56(1): 27-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Intranasal mupirocin prophylaxis in elective surgery. A review of published studies.
    Chemotherapy, 54(1): 9-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Manuka honey dressing: An effective treatment for chronic wound infections.
    Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 46(1): 55-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among healthy full-term newborns.
    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, 93(1): F40-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among veterinarians: an international study.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(1): 29-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical swabs using a high-throughput real-time PCR-based method.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(1): 22-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from small and exotic animals at a university hospital during routine microbiological examinations.
    Vet Microbiol, 127(1): 171-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Thematic Review Series: Skin Lipids. Antimicrobial lipids at the skin surface.
    J Lipid Res, 49(1): 4-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Novel Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of USA300 and USA400 Community-Associated MRSA Strains, mecA and Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes with Discrimination of Staphylococcus aureus from Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. A review of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 27(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Results of a double-blind, randomized trial of ceftobiprole treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections caused by gram-positive bacteria.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(1): 37-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Mutated Response Regulator graR Is Responsible for Phenotypic Conversion of Staphylococcus aureus from Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Resistance to Vancomycin-Intermediate Resistance.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(1): 45-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Genital tract methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: risk of vertical transmission in pregnant women.
    Obstet Gynecol, 111(1): 113-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Nursing students' learning of managing cross-infections - Scenario-based simulation training versus study groups.
    Nurse Educ Today. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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