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 6 (2009), Issue 1 (January)

1. Animal models of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
   Eur Respir J, 33(1): 182-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Emergence and characterization of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus infections in Denmark, 1999 to 2006.
   J Clin Microbiol, 47(1): 73-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci and their SCCmec types in a long-term-care facility.
   J Clin Microbiol, 47(1): 32-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Comparison of cefoxitin and oxacillin disk diffusion methods for detection of mecA-mediated resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in a large-scale study.
   J Clin Microbiol, 47(1): 217-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Modeling the Invasion of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus into Hospitals.
   Clin Infect Dis. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The surgical management of patients who deliberately self-harm.
   Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 91(1): 59-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. A simple prophylaxis regimen for MRSA: its impact on the incidence of infection in patients undergoing liver resection.
   Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 91(1): 35-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Contamination of postoperative head and neck wounds with urogenital microbes.
   Clin Otolaryngol, 33(6): 641. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Antimicrobial activity of plant extract Ankaferd Blood Stopper.
   Fitoterapia, 80(1): 48-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The efficacy of preoperative screening and the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an otolaryngology surgical practice.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 140(1): 29-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Concurrent in vitro release of silver sulfadiazine and bupivacaine from semi-interpenetrating networks for wound management.
    J Burn Care Res, 30(1): 98-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparative Assessment of Antimicrobial Activities of Antibiotic-Treated Penile Prostheses.
    Eur Urol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Virulence gene expression in human community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection.
    J Infect Dis, 199(3): 294-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Endovascular management of mycotic aortic aneurysms and associated aortoaerodigestive fistulas.
    Ann Vasc Surg, 23(1): 81-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Staphylococcus aureus decolonization as a prevention strategy.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am, 23(1): 133-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Staphylococcal surgical site infections.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am, 23(1): 53-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Staphylococcus aureus: a community pathogen.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am, 23(1): 35-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Host defense and pathogenesis in Staphylococcus aureus infections.
    Infect Dis Clin North Am, 23(1): 17-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Intracranial Abscesses: Changes in Epidemiology and Management Over Five Decades in Merseyside.
    Infection. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Efficacy of telavancin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis: studies with a rabbit model.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 63(2): 357-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Tackling antibiotic resistance: a dose of common antisense?
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 63(2): 225-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the stethoscopes of emergency medical services providers.
    Prehosp Emerg Care, 13(1): 71-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Acquisition and cross-transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in European intensive care units.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(2): 117-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains as a cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in Korea.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(2): 146-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Recovery of both vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from culture of a single clinical specimen from colonized or infected patients.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(2): 130-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Ultrasound soft tissue applications in the pediatric emergency department: to drain or not to drain?
    Pediatr Emerg Care, 25(1): 44-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Susceptibility of MRSA biofilms to denture-cleansing agents.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 291(2): 241-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Differences between "classical" risk factors for infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and risk factors for nosocomial bloodstream infections caused by multiple clones of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV MRSA strain.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(2): 139-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Daily hazard of acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the intensive care unit.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 30(2): 125-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Surveillance of microbial resistance in European Intensive Care Units: a first report from the Care-ICU programme for improved infection control.
    Intensive Care Med, 35(1): 91-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Treatment of non-life-threatening methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections with alternative antimicrobial agents: a 2-year retrospective review.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 63(2): 201-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. One-year experience with modified BD GeneOhm MRSA assay for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pooled nasal, skin, and throat samples.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 63(2): 132-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Rifamycin S and its geometric isomer produced by a newly found actinomycete, Micromonospora rifamycinica.
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 95(2): 143-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Nationwide trends in pediatric Staphylococcus aureus head and neck infections.
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 135(1): 14-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The Potential of Phage Therapy in Bacterial Infections of the Eye.
    Ophthalmologica, 223(3): 162-165. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, including community-associated methicillin-resistant strains, in Queensland adults.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. An investigation of bioactive phytochemicals in the leaves of Melicope vitiflora by electrospray ionisation ion trap mass spectrometry.
    Anal Chim Acta, 634(1): 115-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endomyocardial abscesses in a heart transplant recipient.
    Transpl Infect Dis, 11(1): 64-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Role of coagulase-negative staphylococci in human disease.
    Vet Microbiol, 134(1): 45-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Destructive otomastoiditis by MRSA from porcine origin.
    Laryngoscope, 119(1): 137-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The Panton-Valentine leukocidin vaccine protects mice against lung and skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus USA300.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Genomic analysis of an emerging multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus strain rapidly spreading in cystic fibrosis patients revealed the presence of an antibiotic inducible bacteriophage.
    Biol Direct, 4: 1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Ultrastructural effects of oritavancin on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 800-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Molecular evidence for spread of two major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones with a unique geographic distribution in Chinese hospitals.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 512-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Reconstruction of the phenotypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by replacement of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec with a plasmid-borne copy of Staphylococcus sciuri pbpD gene.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 435-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Identification of a novel trimethoprim resistance gene, dfrK, in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 strain and its physical linkage to the tetracycline resistance gene tet(L).
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 776-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type, tentatively designated type VIII, harboring class A mec and type 4 ccr gene complexes in a Canadian epidemic strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 531-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Indolizidine, antiinfective and antiparasitic compounds from Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa.
    J Nat Prod, 72(1): 92-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of healthcare workers' uniforms in long-term care facilities.
    J Hosp Infect, 71(2): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Liver abscess in neonates.
    Pediatr Surg Int, 25(2): 153-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains of clonal lineages ST398 and ST9 from swine carry the multidrug resistance gene cfr.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 779-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Daptomycin pharmacokinetics in adult oncology patients with neutropenic fever.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 428-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Diversity of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec structures in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus strains among outpatients from four countries.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(2): 442-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Phage lysin LysK can be truncated to its CHAP domain and retain lytic activity against live antibiotic-resistant staphylococci.
    Appl Environ Microbiol, 75(3): 872-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. MRSA tricuspid valve infective endocarditis with multiple embolic lung abscesses treated by combination therapy of vancomycin, rifampicin, and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim.
    J Cardiol, 53(1): 146-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. A Fatty Acid from the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum is Antibacterial Against Diverse Bacteria Including Multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
    Mar Biotechnol (NY), 11(1): 45-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in hospitalized older people.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 57(1): 107-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. The effect of surgical site infection on older operative patients.
    J Am Geriatr Soc, 57(1): 46-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Exclusive Staphylococcus aureus throat carriage: at-risk populations.
    Arch Intern Med, 169(2): 172-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Reduction in infection risk through treatment of microbially contaminated surfaces with a novel, portable, saturated steam vapor disinfection system.
    Am J Infect Control, 37(1): 20-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of linezolid in children with cystic fibrosis.
    Pediatr Pulmonol, 44(2): 148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the U.S./Mexico border.
    Travel Med Infect Dis, 7(1): 30-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. A novel DNA-binding protein modulating methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    BMC Microbiol, 9(1): 15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Antimicrobial effect and resistant regulation of Glycyrrhiza uralensis on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Nat Prod Res, 23(2): 101-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Complete genome sequence of Macrococcus caseolyticus strain JSCS5402, reflecting the ancestral genome of the human-pathogenic staphylococci.
    J Bacteriol, 191(4): 1180-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tropical setting: patient outcome and impact of antibiotic resistance.
    PLoS ONE, 4(1): e4308. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Staphylococcus aureus disease and drug resistance in resource-limited countries in south and east Asia.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 9(2): 130-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. The population structure of Staphylococcus aureus among general practice patients from The Netherlands.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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