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 2 (February)

1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia arising from an infected episiotomy site.
   Obstet Gynecol, 109(2): 533-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Antiseptic effect of a novel alcohol-free mouthwash: a convenient prophylactic alternative for high-risk patients.
   Oral Oncol, 43(2): 159-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Synthesis and antibacterial activities of new quinolone derivatives utilizing 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butane.
   Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(4): 942-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Bilateral methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus keratitis after photorefractive keratectomy.
   J Cataract Refract Surg, 33(2): 316-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Synthesis of a novel inhibitor against MRSA and VRE: preparation from zerumbone ring opening material showing histidine-kinase inhibition.
   Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(4): 1098-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Screening strategies in surveillance and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
   Epidemiol Infect, 135(2): 328-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Antibacterial pterocarpans from Erythrina subumbrans.
   J Ethnopharmacol, 110(1): 171-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections: impact of antimicrobial therapy on outcome.
   Clin Infect Dis, 44(6): 777-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Comparison of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia to other staphylococcal species in a neonatal intensive care unit.
   Eur J Pediatr, 166(4): 319-325. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prolonged exposure of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) COL strain to increasing concentrations of oxacillin results in a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(3): 302-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Oxazolidinone susceptibility patterns for 2005: international report from the Zyvox annual appraisal of potency and spectrum study.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(3): 295-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The role of screening and antibiotic prophylaxis in the prevention of percutaneous gastrostomy site infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 25(5): 593-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. N-thiolated beta-lactams: Studies on the mode of action and identification of a primary cellular target in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 15(6): 2453-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Molecular recognition forces between immunoglobulin G and a surface protein adhesin on living Staphylococcus aureus.
    Langmuir, 23(5): 2755-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Pharmacologic treatment options for nosocomial pneumonia involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(2): 235-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Occurrence of ssl genes in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from animal infection.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 418-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Evolving EMRSA-15 epidemic in Singapore hospitals.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 376-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Subtyping of ST22-MRSA-IV (Barnim epidemic MRSA strain) at a university clinic in Germany from 2002 to 2005.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 365-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Successful decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) using a three-step protocol.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(3): 231-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. An outbreak of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Hosp Infect, 65(3): 226-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. A new class of anti-MRSA and anti-VRE agents: preparation and antibacterial activities of indole-containing compounds.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(6): 1626-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
    Science, 315(5815): 1130-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Genetic relatedness between methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: results of a national survey.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(3): 465-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Antimicrobial activity of long-chain, water-soluble, dendritic tricarboxylato amphiphiles.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(3): 451-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Sesquiterpene farnesol inhibits recycling of the C55 lipid carrier of the murein monomer precursor contributing to increased susceptibility to {beta}-lactams in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(3): 425-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Comparison of mortality risk associated with bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(3): 273-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(3): 249-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Transmission via the face is one route of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cross-infection within a hospital.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 126-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by stepwise implementation of preventive strategies in a university hospital: impact of a link-nurse system on the basis of multidisciplinary approaches.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Oral rifampin for eradication of Staphylococcus aureus carriage from healthy and sick populations: a systematic review of the evidence from comparative trials.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 106-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the community: assessing the problem and controlling the spread.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 86-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 73-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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