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 6 (June)

1. Nursing staff perceptions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and infection control in a long-term care facility.
   J Am Med Dir Assoc, 9(5): 342-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Management and control strategies for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(9): 1463-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in a Bahrain hospital.
   Med Princ Pract, 17(4): 308-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Active surveillance to determine the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on patients in intensive care units of a Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29(6): 503-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Successful control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a spinal cord injury center: a 10-year prospective study including molecular typing.
   Spinal Cord, 46(6): 438-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Application of conjugation using phiC31 att/int system for Actinoplanes teichomyceticus, a producer of teicoplanin.
   Biotechnol Lett, 30(7): 1233-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Design and synthesis of benzenesulfonanilides active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.
   Bioorg Med Chem, 16(11): 6131-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Serious Postpartum Infection Due to MRSA in an Asymptomatic Carrier: Case Report and Review.
   Am J Perinatol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Various routes of administration of (99m)Tc-labeled synthetic lactoferrin antimicrobial peptide hLF 1-11 enables monitoring and effective killing of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in mice.
   Peptides, 29(7): 1109-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Rapid differentiation of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from methicillin-resistant S. aureus and MIC determinations by isothermal microcalorimetry.
    J Clin Microbiol, 46(6): 2083-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Early infection after hip fracture surgery: RISK FACTORS, COSTS AND OUTCOME.
    J Bone Joint Surg Br, 90(6): 770-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Global implications of the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Indigenous populations.
    Clin Infect Dis, 46(12): 1871-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. MRSA with progression from otitis media and sphenoid sinusitis to clival osteomyelitis, pachymeningitis and abducens nerve palsy in an immunocompetent 10-year-old patient.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 72(7): 945-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Are there better methods of monitoring MRSA control than bacteraemia surveillance? An observational database study.
    PLoS ONE, 3(6): e2378. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Clonality of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in Finland as defined by several molecular methods.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 27(7): 545-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. MRSA and the environment: implications for comprehensive control measures.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 27(7): 481-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus from otorrhea in chronic suppurative otitis media and comparison with results of all isolated Staphylococci.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 27(7): 571-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Efficacy of linezolid in the treatment of mediastinitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an experimental study.
    Int J Infect Dis, 12(4): 396-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. In vitro pharmacodynamics of novel rifamycin ABI-0043 against Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(1): 156-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Unsymmetric aryl-alkyl disulfide growth inhibitors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 16(13): 6501-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Macrolide-lincosamide-resistant phenotypes and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine clinical mastitis.
    Vet Microbiol, 130(1): 118-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Long-Term Care Facility: Prevalence and Risk Factors.
    J Am Geriatr Soc. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a London teaching hospital, 2000-2006.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(7): 670-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Evolutionary relationships between sporadic and epidemic strains of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(7): 659-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Synthesis of bis, tris and tetra(dihydrocaffeoyl)polyamine conjugates as antibacterial agents against VRSA.
    Arch Pharm Res, 31(6): 698-704. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Managing the threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in home care.
    Home Healthc Nurse, 26(6): 356-64; quiz 365-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Risk of infection and death due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term carriers.
    Clin Infect Dis, 47(2): 176-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Survival of epidemic strains of healthcare (HA-MRSA) and community-associated (CA-MRSA) meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in river-, sea- and swimming pool water.
    Int J Hyg Environ Health, 211(3): 398-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Epidemiology of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: Data from an university hospital over a 36-month period.
    Int J Hyg Environ Health, 211(3): 251-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Community-associated methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus: skin and soft tissue infections in Hong Kong.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 61(3): 245-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Complex Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates From Children With Cystic Fibrosis in the Era of Epidemic Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant S aureus.
    Chest, 133(6): 1381-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) colonization and infection in intravenous and inhalational opiate drug abusers.
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood), 233(7): 874-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. In Vitro Activities of Linezolid and Tigecycline Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains.
    Microb Drug Resist, 14(2): 151-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Resistance to Methicillin and Other Antimicrobials Among Community-Acquired and Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus Strains in a Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Salvador, Northeast Brazil.
    Microb Drug Resist, 14(2): 129-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Polypropylene grafted with smart polymers (PNIPAAm/PAAc) for loading and controlled release of vancomycin.
    Eur J Pharm Biopharm. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Daptomycin is effective in treatment of experimental endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant and glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(7): 2538-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Pharmacodynamic characterization of ceftobiprole in experimental pneumonia caused by phenotypically diverse Staphylococcus aureus strains.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 52(7): 2389-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Changing trends in acute osteomyelitis in children: impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
    J Pediatr Orthop, 28(5): 569-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 8(7): 427-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Evaluation of chromogenic MRSA medium, MRSA select and Oxacillin Resistance Screening Agar for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Pathol, 61(7): 841-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Antibiotic options for treating community-acquired MRSA.
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 6(3): 299-307. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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