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 10 (October)

1. Novel model for studying hematogenous infection in an experimental setting of implant-related infection by a community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain.
   J Orthop Res, 26(10): 1355-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal isolates from Turkey.
   Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 94(4): 615-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Usefulness of multiple-locus VNTR fingerprinting in detection of clonality of community- and hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
   Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 94(4): 543-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: risk factors associated with community-onset infections in Denmark.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(10): 942-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) characterization and panton-valentine leukocidin gene occurrence for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Turkey, from 2003 to 2006.
   Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 94(4): 607-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Future directions with daptomycin.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 62: iii41-iii49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Usefulness of mec-associated direct repeat unit (dru) typing in the epidemiological analysis of highly clonal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Scotland.
   Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(10): 964-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Who's winning the war?
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 62: iii3-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Daptomycin: rationale and role in the management of skin and soft tissue infections.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 62: iii15-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and rate of FEV1 decline in cystic fibrosis.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 178(8): 814-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Design, synthesis, and antibacterial activities of neomycin-lipid conjugates: polycationic lipids with potent gram-positive activity.
    J Med Chem, 51(19): 6160-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Two different Panton-Valentine leukocidin phage lineages predominate in Japan.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3246-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Evaluation of the Xpert methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) assay using the GeneXpert real-time PCR platform for rapid detection of MRSA from screening specimens.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3285-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Predominance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among pathogens causing skin and soft tissue infections in a large urban jail: risk factors and recurrence rates.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3222-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Structure and evolution of a novel dimeric enzyme from a clinically important bacterial pathogen.
    J Biol Chem, 283(41): 27598-603. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones collected in France in 2006 and 2007.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3454-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Empyema necessitatis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and review of the literature.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3534-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Evaluation of the Biomic V3 microbiology system for identification of selected species on BBL CHROMagar orientation agar and CHROMagar MRSA medium.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(10): 3488-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Disseminated cutaneous and pulmonary abscesses in an injecting drug user caused by a Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 27(10): 1013-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Vancomycin MICs with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates differ based upon the susceptibility test method used.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Changes in antibiotic susceptibility in staphylococci habituated to sub-lethal concentrations of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia).
    Lett Appl Microbiol, 47(4): 263-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a women's collegiate basketball team.
    South Med J, 101(10): 1067-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in preoperative orthopaedic outpatients.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(11): 2842-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Multivariate Markov process models for the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in a hospital ward.
    Biometrics, 64(3): 851-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and factors associated with colonization among residents in community long-term-care facilities in Spain.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(9): 867-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Presentation.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 9: s3-s10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Treatment Options for Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Oral Antimicrobial Agents.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 9: s29-s34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Early Appropriate Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment of Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 9: s17-s27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Detection and Initial Management of Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 9: s11-s15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. High prevalence in cystic fibrosis patients of multiresistant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST228-SCCmecI capable of biofilm formation.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(5): 961-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Telavancin and vancomycin pharmacodynamics with Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro dynamic model.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(5): 1065-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Novel nitrofurazone derivatives endowed with antimicrobial activity.
    Arch Pharm (Weinheim), 341(10): 655-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Predictors of high vancomycin MIC values among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(5): 1138-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Evaluation of disc diffusion methods and Vitek 2 automated system for testing susceptibility to mupirocin in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(5): 1018-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that produce Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) found among residents of care homes?
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(5): 968-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Two Stage Study of Wound Microorganisms Affecting Burns and Plastic Surgery Inpatients.
    J Burn Care Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. New classes of Gram-positive selective antibacterials: Inhibitors of MRSA and surrogates of the causative agents of anthrax and tuberculosis.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Current challenges in treating MRSA: what are the options?
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 6(5): 601-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Intravascular hemolysis following low dose daily rifampin.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 51(6): 821-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Staphylococcus aureus in dermatology outpatients with special emphasis on community-associated methicillin-resistant strains.
    J Invest Dermatol, 128(11): 2655-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. UK epidemic strains of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical samples from Malta.
    J Med Microbiol, 57: 1394-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Towards a better understanding of patients' perspectives of antibiotic resistance and MRSA: a qualitative study.
    Fam Pract, 25(5): 341-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Efficacy of ME1036 against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-insensitive S. aureus in a model of haematogenous pulmonary infection.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 32(5): 401-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Comparison of method-specific vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration values and their predictability for treatment outcome of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 32(5): 378-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Comparison of adhesion and virulence of two predominant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones and clonal methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates.
    Infect Immun, 76(11): 5133-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Directed alteration of a novel bovine beta-defensin to improve antimicrobial efficacy against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 32(5): 392-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Identification of an anti-MRSA dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor from a diversity-oriented synthesis.
    Chem Commun (Camb). [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) outbreak at a university hospital in Kitakyushu, Japan: case-control studies.
    J Infect Chemother, 14(5): 354-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Meningitis Due to Hematogenous Dissemination of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a Patient Living With AIDS.
    J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic Ill). [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Evaluation of the VITEK-2 AST-P559 Card for Detecting Oxacillin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Failure of the BD GeneOhm(R) StaphS/R assay for Australian MRSA strains: duplex assays remain the 'gold standard' in settings of unknown SCCmec epidemiology.
    J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Staphylococcus aureus PBP4 is essential for beta-lactam resistance in community-acquired methicillin-resistant strains.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(11): 3955-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(11): 1077-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Sorocenols G and H, anti-MRSA oxygen heterocyclic Diels-Alder-type adducts from Sorocea muriculata roots.
    J Nat Prod, 71(10): 1764-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Screening for MRSA: a flawed hospital infection control intervention.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(11): 1012-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Epidemiological and Genetic Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the Ear Discharge of Outpatients with Chronic Otitis Media.
    J Korean Med Sci, 23(5): 762-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. A predictive model for identifying surgical patients at risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on admission.
    J Am Coll Surg, 207(5): 683-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Microbiology of otitis externa in the secondary care in United Kingdom and antimicrobial sensitivity.
    Auris Nasus Larynx, 35(4): 480-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Production, isolation and biological activity of nargenicin from Nocardia sp. CS682.
    Arch Pharm Res, 31(10): 1339-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Pharmacokinetics and penetration of linezolid into inflamed soft tissue in diabetic foot infections.
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 64(11): 1093-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. A prevalence study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in emergency department health care workers.
    Ann Emerg Med, 52(5): 525-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in emergency department personnel.
    Ann Emerg Med, 52(5): 529-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Rapid differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from blood cultures by use of a direct cefoxitin disk diffusion test.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(11): 3836-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Extreme genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strains disseminated among healthy Japanese children.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(11): 3778-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Emergence of SCCmec Type IV as the Most Common Type of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital.
    Infection. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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