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 6 (June)

1. The Prevalence of Resistant Bacterial Colonization in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.
   Am J Nephrol, 27(4): 352-359. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among hospital staff in a German trauma centre: A PROBLEM WITHOUT A CURRENT SOLUTION?
   J Bone Joint Surg Br, 89(5): 642-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Surgical treatment of medial meatal fibrosis. Report of four cases.
   Auris Nasus Larynx, 34(3): 365-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Penicillin-bound polyacrylate nanoparticles: restoring the activity of beta-lactam antibiotics against MRSA.
   Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(12): 3468-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Differences in clinical and molecular characteristics of skin and soft tissue methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates between two hospitals in Northern California.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 1798-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Epidemiology and outcomes of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 1705-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. StaphPlex system for rapid and simultaneous identification of antibiotic resistance determinants and Panton-Valentine leukocidin detection of staphylococci from positive blood cultures.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 1867-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Comparative genomics of Canadian epidemic lineages of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 1904-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: the HARMONY collection.
   J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 1830-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Evaluation of three molecular assays for rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 45(6): 2011-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Vancomycin: does it still have a role as an antistaphylococcal agent?
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 5(3): 393-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Predictive factors of meticillin resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections at hospital admission.
    J Hosp Infect, 66(2): 135-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Clonal spread of SCCmec type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between community and hospital.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 13(7): 717-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A new multiplex PCR for easy screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec types I-V.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 13(7): 725-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from dogs and their owners.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 13(7): 731-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood culture bottles.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 58(2): 199-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections following cardiac surgery: incidence, impact and identifying adverse outcome traits.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 32(1): 113-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Infective endocarditis caused by USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 30(1): 72-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The missing care bundle: antibiotic prescribing in hospitals.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 30(1): 25-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 30(1): 19-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Screening methods used to determine the anti-microbial properties of Aloe vera inner gel.
    Methods, 42(4): 315-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Retapamulin Inhibition of Translation and 50S Ribosomal Subunit Formation in Staphylococcus aureus Cells.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lung Infection in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis.
    Chest, 131(6): 1718-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Hematogenous Osteomyelitis Mimicking Osteosarcoma due to Community Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Infection, 35(3): 190-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Epidemiology of infection and colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and frequency of cocolonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 880-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and colonization among hospitalized prisoners.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 877-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among older residents of care homes in the United Kingdom.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 853-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Controlling a multicenter outbreak involving the New York/Japan methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 845-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Reduction in hospitalwide incidence of infection or colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with use of antimicrobial hand-hygiene gel and statistical process control charts.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(7): 837-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. In vitro activities of 18 antimicrobial agents against Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar.
    Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 6: 5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Guiding empirical antibiotic therapy in orthopaedics: The microbiology of prosthetic joint infection managed by debridement, irrigation and prosthesis retention.
    J Infect, 55(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 5-deoxy-5-episubstituted arbekacin derivatives.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 17(13): 3540-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Survival of epidemic strains of nosocomial- and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on coins.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(5): 342-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Update to the multiplex PCR strategy for the assignment of mec element types in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Prolonged bacterial exposure to minocycline/rifampicin-impregnated vascular catheters does not affect antimicrobial activity of catheters.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 60(1): 148-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in 4-6 age groups in healthy children in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
    Acta Paediatr, 96(7): 1043-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Multiplex PCR strategy for subtyping the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: 'SCCmec IV multiplex'.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 60(1): 42-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Daptomycin for eradication of a systemic infection with a methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus aureus in a biventricular assist device recipient.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 84(1): 269-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Antibacterial activity of two canthin-6-one alkaloids from Allium neapolitanum.
    Phytother Res, 21(7): 653-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Success of countermeasures against respiratory infection after digestive surgery by strict blood and fluid resuscitation.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(3): 172-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The bactericidal effects of anti-MRSA agents with rifampicin and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim against intracellular phagocytized MRSA.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(3): 141-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique to rapid and direct detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in blood cultures.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(3): 134-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sclerokeratitis after pterygium excision.
    Cornea, 26(6): 744-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Characterization of the beta-lactam antibiotic sensor domain of the MecR1 signal sensor/transducer protein from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Biochemistry, 46(26): 7822-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: focus on clinical and economic outcomes.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(7): 1001-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. The beta-lactam-resistance modifier (-)-epicatechin gallate alters the architecture of the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Microbiology, 153: 2093-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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