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 4 (April)

1. Complete blindness after optic neuropathy induced by short-term linezolid treatment in a patient suffering from muscle dystrophy.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 402-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some novel phenyl and benzimidazole substituted benzyl ethers.
   Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(8): 2233-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. In vitro activity of lysostaphin, mupirocin, and tea tree oil against clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(4): 413-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Controlled evaluation of the IDI-MRSA assay for detection of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diverse mucocutaneous specimens.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(4): 1098-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Hetero-vancomycin-intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate from a medical center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(4): 1325-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in a veterinary teaching hospital.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(4): 1118-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children in Brazil.
   Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 57(4): 467-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Predictors of mortality in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia: the role of empiric antibiotic therapy.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 26(4): 239-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a pediatric healthcare system, 1991-2003.
   Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(4): 339-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Caruncle Abscess.
    Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg, 23(2): 160-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Binding assay for incorporation of alkali-extractable proteins in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall.
    Yeast, 24(4): 259-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Use of 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by resonance light scattering.
    Anal Chim Acta, 589(2): 186-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Reactivation of dormant lumbar methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis after 12 years.
    J Clin Neurosci, 14(6): 585-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. High frequency of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in invasive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains and the relationship with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Córdoba, Argentina.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 26(4): 281-286. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: management principles and selection of antibiotic therapy.
    Dermatol Clin, 25(2): 157-64, vi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Topical antimicrobials in combination with admission screening and barrier precautions to control endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an Intensive Care Unit.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(5): 536-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Orthopaedic metal devices coated with a novel antiseptic dye for the prevention of bacterial infections.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(5): 593-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Detection of mecA and ermA genes and simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus using triplex real-time PCR from Malaysian S. aureus strain collections.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 29(5): 582-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Linezolid alone and in combination with rifampicin prevents experimental vascular graft infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
    J Surg Res, 139(2): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. In vitro antibacterial efficacy of MONOCRYL plus antibacterial suture (Poliglecaprone 25 with triclosan).
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 8(2): 201-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: is it a problem for nasal surgery?
    J Laryngol Otol, 121(5): 415-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. National survey of molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in Belgian cystic fibrosis patients.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(5): 893-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Triclosan resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus expressed as small colony variants: a novel mode of evasion of susceptibility to antiseptics.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(5): 848-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Successful use of feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce Clostridium difficile infection: a controlled interrupted time series.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 59(5): 990-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Predictors and Outcomes for Pregnant Women with Vaginal-Rectal Carriage of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Perinatol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Prospective comparison of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitalized patients.
    J Infect, 54(5): 427-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Rapid determination of hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 614-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Evaluation of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from nasal swabs in horses.
    Vet Microbiol, 122(1): 185-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Role of acidic pH in the susceptibility of intraphagocytic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains to meropenem and cloxacillin.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(5): 1627-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Rapid bactericidal activity of daptomycin against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus peritonitis in mice as measured with bioluminescent bacteria.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(5): 1787-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Comparative activities of daptomycin, linezolid, and tigecycline against catheter-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus bacteremic isolates embedded in biofilm.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(5): 1656-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Can methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus be found in an ambulance fleet?
    Prehosp Emerg Care, 11(2): 241-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Vancomycin in vitro Bactericidal Activity and its Relationship to Efficacy in Clearance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. The microbiological impact of pre-operative biliary drainage on patients undergoing hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) surgery.
    Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 25(10): 1175-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Single rooms may help to prevent nosocomial bloodstream infection and cross-transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units.
    Intensive Care Med, 33(5): 836-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Occurrence of vancomycin-intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(2): 118-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. A comparative in vitro photoinactivation study of clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant pathogens.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(2): 87-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Characterization of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus: a new type of MRSA.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(2): 79-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Trends in the gentamicin and arbekacin susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and the genes encoding aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(2): 74-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from hospital and community sources in southern Jamaica.
    Int J Infect Dis, 11(3): 220-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(5): 625-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Healthcare costs associated with hemodialysis catheter-related infections: a single-center experience.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(5): 606-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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