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 5 (2008), Issue 1 (January)

1. Using focus groups to revise an educational booklet for people living with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
   Health Promot Pract, 9(1): 19-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Recognition and treatment of neonatal community-associated MRSA pneumonia and bacteremia.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 43(2): 203-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of quinolone-based compounds containing a coumarin moiety.
   Arch Pharm (Weinheim), 341(1): 42-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. A 39-year-old man with a skin infection.
   JAMA, 299(1): 79-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming.
   Clin Infect Dis, 46(2): 261-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Influence of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration on the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
   Clin Infect Dis, 46(2): 193-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Evolution and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus: lessons learned from genotyping and comparative genomics.
   FEMS Microbiol Rev, 32(1): 23-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Dissemination of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital.
   South Med J, 101(1): 40-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Reduced in vitro adherence of Staphylococcus species to feline corneocytes compared to canine and human corneocytes.
   Vet Dermatol, 19(1): 1-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Epidemiology of European Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 80 Type IV Strains Isolated in Denmark from 1993 to 2004.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(1): 62-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Analysis of Typing Methods for Epidemiological Surveillance of both Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(1): 136-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparison of BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR versus the CHROMagar MRSA Assay for Screening Patients for the Presence of MRSA Strains.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(1): 350-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Importance of Bacterial Burden Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers in a Long-Term Care Facility *
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(2): 143-148. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Comparative bactericidal activities of daptomycin, glycopeptides, linezolid and tigecycline against blood isolates of Gram-positive bacteria in Taiwan.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(2): 124-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Synthesis of caprazamycin analogues and their structure--activity relationship for antibacterial activity.
    J Org Chem, 73(2): 569-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Nasal carriage of S. aureus increases the risk of surgical site infection after major heart surgery.
    J Hosp Infect, 68(1): 25-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Risk factors for meticillin resistance and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in a Belgian university hospital.
    J Hosp Infect, 68(1): 17-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The antimicrobial activity of copper and copper alloys against nosocomial pathogens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from healthcare facilities in the Western Cape: an in-vitro study.
    J Hosp Infect, 68(1): 45-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Virulence factors produced by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from urinary tract infections.
    J Hosp Infect, 68(1): 32-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Prediction of aminoglycoside response against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in burn patients by artificial neural network modeling.
    Biomed Pharmacother, 62(1): 53-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. A geographic variant of the Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin and the origin of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus USA300.
    J Infect Dis, 197(2): 187-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Coexistence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive and -negative community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA400 sibling strains in a large Canadian health-care region.
    J Infect Dis, 197(2): 195-204. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Inhibition of Dermal MRSA Colonization by Microalgal Micro- and Nanoparticles.
    Skin Pharmacol Physiol, 21(2): 98-105. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Cyanoacrylate gluing increases the effectiveness of systemic antimicrobial treatment in sternal infection: experimental study in a rodent model.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 56(1): 28-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on nasal and perianal specimens.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 60(2): 225-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Prevalence of multidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States: findings of the stratified analysis of the 2004 to 2005 LEADER Surveillance Programs.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 60(2): 221-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Unexpected antimicrobial effect of statins.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(2): 362-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Broad-spectrum in vitro antibacterial activities of clay minerals against antibiotic-susceptible and antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(2): 353-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The effect of antibiotics on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(2): 246-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius detected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme 2004-2006 in Germany.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 61(2): 282-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Role of folate antagonists in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
    Clin Infect Dis, 46(4): 584-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) mitral valve acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE) in a patient with Job's syndrome (hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome) successfully treated with linezolid and high-dose daptomycin.
    Heart Lung, 37(1): 72-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Bactericidal effect of photodynamic inactivation against methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is strain-dependent.
    J Photochem Photobiol B, 90(1): 57-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Interrupted time series analysis of vancomycin compared to cefuroxime for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(2): 446-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolate with High-Level Methicillin Resistance with an lytH Mutation Caused by IS1182 Insertion.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(2): 643-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Role of a Sodium-Dependent Symporter Homologue in the Thermosensitivity of {beta}-Lactam Antibiotic Resistance and Cell Wall Composition in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(2): 505-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Use of the greater omentum for reconstruction of infected sternotomy wounds: a prognostic indicator.
    Ann Plast Surg, 60(2): 169-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Necrotizing pneumonia is an increasingly detected complication of pneumonia in children.
    Eur Respir J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Etiology and treatment of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 65(3): 219-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Importance of the environment in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition: the case for hospital cleaning.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 8(2): 101-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. High-resolution melting analysis of the spa repeat region of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Chem, 54(2): 432-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Future strategies for treating Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14: 26-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Key considerations in the treatment of complicated staphylococcal infections.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14: 3-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Linezolid-induced reversible bicytopenia in a 4-year-old boy with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
    Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 25(1): 67-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: recent clonal expansion and diversification.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 105(4): 1327-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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