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 7 (2010), Issue 3 (March)

1. NO-loaded Zn(2+)-exchanged zeolite materials: a potential bifunctional anti-bacterial strategy.
   Acta Biomater, 6(4): 1515-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Assessing the role of undetected colonization and isolation precautions in reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission in intensive care units.
   BMC Infect Dis, 10: 29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The use of muscle flaps in the salvage of infected exposed implants for internal fixation.
   J Bone Joint Surg Br, 92(3): 401-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.
   Curr Opin Infect Dis, 23(2): 178-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Hand hygiene noncompliance and the cost of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(4): 357-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The effect of rapid screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on the identification and earlier isolation of MRSA-positive patients.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(4): 374-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Excess costs and utilization associated with methicillin resistance for patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(4): 365-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Risk factors for acquiring vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a burn surgery step-down unit.
   J Burn Care Res, 31(2): 269-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Importance of colonization site in the current epidemic of staphylococcal skin abscesses.
   Pediatrics, 125(3): e618-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection in Canada: National Surveillance and Changing Epidemiology, 1995-2007.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(4): 348-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA in communities with high pig-densities in The Netherlands.
    PLoS One, 5(2): e9385. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Management of antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit setting.
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 8(3): 289-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Comparison of vacuum-assisted closure to the antibiotic bead pouch for the treatment of blast injury of the extremity.
    Orthopedics, 33(2): 77-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Recent trends in spinal infections: retrospective analysis of patients treated during the past 50 years.
    Int Orthop, 34(3): 395-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. External quality assessment of the molecular diagnostics and genotyping of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(3): 295-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin and soft tissue infections presenting to the Emergency Department of a Canadian Academic Health Care Center.
    Eur J Emerg Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Staphylococcus aureus vaccine for orthopedic patients: an economic model and analysis.
    Vaccine, 28(12): 2465-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ambulances in southern Maine.
    Prehosp Emerg Care, 14(2): 176-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus immune evasion and virulence.
    J Mol Med, 88(2): 109-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Quantitative cell surface proteome profiling for SigB-dependent protein expression in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus via biotinylation approach.
    J Proteome Res, 9(3): 1579-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Comparison of fluoroquinolone kinetics of kill in susceptible and resistant gram-positive conjunctival pathogens.
    Adv Ther, 27(1): 39-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Epidemiology of MRSA and current strategies in Europe and Japan.
    GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip, 5(1): Doc01. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and HIV: intersecting epidemics.
    Clin Infect Dis, 50(7): 979-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus: methicillin-resistant isolates are detected directly in blood cultures by multiplex PCR.
    Microbiol Res, 165(3): 243-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Feasibility study of a real-time PCR test for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a point of care setting.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 245-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Impact of alcohol hand-rub use on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an analysis of the literature.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 204-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of 5-ylidenethiazolidin-4-ones and 5-benzylidene-4,6-pyrimidinediones.
    Eur J Med Chem, 45(4): 1667-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Use of octenidine dihydrochloride in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation regimens: a literature review.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 199-203. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in UK veterinary staff and owners of infected pets: new risk groups.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 282-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Synthesis, antibacterial and antifungal activities of some carbazole derivatives.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 20(6): 1881-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Nasal meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage among intensive care unit hospitalised adult patients in a Taiwanese medical centre: one time-point prevalence, molecular characteristics and risk factors for carriage.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 238-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Impact of active surveillance on meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and hospital resource utilisation.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 232-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Four country healthcare-associated infection prevalence survey: pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections.
    J Hosp Infect, 74(3): 266-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia leading to rhabdomyolysis: a case report.
    Cases J, 3: 61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Zweifach-Angriff auf die Gyrase durch Simocyclinon.
    Pharm Unserer Zeit, 39(2): 95-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Personnel Attending a Veterinary Surgery Conference.
    Vet Surg, 39(2): 150-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Characterization of the nasal, sublingual, and oropharyngeal mucosa microbiota in cleft lip and palate individuals before and after surgical repair.
    Cleft Palate Craniofac J, 47(2): 151-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Eradication of MRSA in chronic wounds of outpatients with leg ulcers is accelerated by antiseptic washes--results of a pilot study.
    Int J Hyg Environ Health, 213(2): 88-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Lack of a major role of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin in lower respiratory tract infection in nonhuman primates.
    Am J Pathol, 176(3): 1346-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. spa type distribution in Staphylococcus aureus originating from pigs, cattle and poultry.
    Vet Microbiol, 141(3): 326-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Distribution of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec Types and correlation with comorbidity and infection type in patients with MRSA bacteremia.
    PLoS One, 5(3): e9489. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. An unusual pathogen for a liver abscess in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected individual.
    Am J Med Sci, 339(3): 290-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Diagnostic accuracy of culture-based and PCR-based detection tests for MRSA - a meta-analysis.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Caenorhabditis elegans as a host model for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 16(3): 245-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a fatal case of necrotizing fasciitis in an extremely low-birth-weight infant.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 16(3): 289-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Reduction in the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in surgical wards by rapid screening for colonization: a prospective, cross-over study.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 16(4): 333-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Pig-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: family transmission and severe pneumonia in a newborn.
    Scand J Infect Dis, 42(4): 318-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Multiplexed real-time polymerase chain reaction on a digital microfluidic platform.
    Anal Chem, 82(6): 2310-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Incision and loop drainage: a minimally invasive technique for subcutaneous abscess management in children.
    J Pediatr Surg, 45(3): 606-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. A European survey of antibiotic management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: current clinical opinion and practice.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 16: 3-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Epidemiology of hospitalized burn patients in a tertiary care hospital in South India.
    Burns, 36(3): 422-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Postoperative surgical site infection following acetabular fracture fixation.
    Injury, 41(4): 396-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Binding of ceftaroline to penicillin-binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 65(4): 713-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Semi-selective broth improves screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 65(4): 717-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Staphylococcus aureus with reduced glycopeptide susceptibility in Liverpool, UK.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 65(4): 721-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Rapid MRSA test in exposed persons: costs and savings in hospitals.
    J Infect, 60(4): 293-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Synthesis and in vitro antibacterial activity of 7-(3-alkoxyimino-4-methyl-4-methylaminopiperidin-1-yl)-fluoroquinolone derivatives.
    Arch Pharm (Weinheim), 343(3): 143-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from cases of bovine mastitis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 65(4): 619-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Detection of mutations in the FemXAB protein family in oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 65(4): 626-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in descending necrotizing mediastinitis from retropharyngeal perforation: a rare event.
    J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs, 37(2): 209-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Microbial epidemiology and outcome of bloodstream infections in liver transplant recipients: an analysis of 259 episodes.
    Liver Transpl, 16(3): 393-401. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Efficacy of vancomycin and daptomycin against Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected over 29 years.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 66(4): 441-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Triplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for simultaneous detection of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci and determination of methicillin resistance directly from positive blood culture bottles.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 66(4): 349-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Global reemergence of tuberculosis: are host defense peptides an option to ameliorate disease burden?
    Microb Drug Resist, 16(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Development of a DNA microarray to detect antimicrobial resistance genes identified in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database.
    Microb Drug Resist, 16(1): 9-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Effect of chlorhexidine whole-body bathing on hospital-acquired infections among trauma patients.
    Arch Surg, 145(3): 240-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Towards the understanding of resistance mechanisms in clinically isolated trimethoprim-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus dihydrofolate reductase.
    J Struct Biol, 170(1): 93-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention.
    J Med Microbiol, 59: 489-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. In vitro postantibiotic effects of tomopenem (CS-023) against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    J Med Microbiol, 59: 438-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Resistance to and synthesis of the antibiotic mupirocin.
    Nat Rev Microbiol, 8(4): 281-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Recognising and controlling risk factors for antimicrobial resistance.
    Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd, 152(3): 131-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Antibacterial activity of Hylomecon hylomeconoides against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Appl Biochem Biotechnol, 160(8): 2467-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Synergism between a novel chimeric lysin and oxacillin protects against infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(4): 1603-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Are healthcare economics a factor behind European MRSA rates?
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(4): 477-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Antibacterial and synergistic effects of Smallanthus sonchifolius leaf extracts against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus under light intensity.
    J Nat Med, 64(2): 212-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Characterization of the best anatomical sites in screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(4): 391-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Synergy of fosfomycin with other antibiotics for Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 66(4): 359-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Prevalence and accessory gene regulator (agr) analysis of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus among methicillin-resistant isolates in Taiwan--SMART program, 2003.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(4): 383-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages in five major African towns: emergence and spread of atypical clones.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. In vitro prevention of the emergence of daptomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and enterococci following combination with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid or ampicillin.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 35(5): 451-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Miniature on-chip detection of unpurified methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) DNA using real-time PCR.
    J Biotechnol, 146(3): 93-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Towards an ontological representation of resistance: The case of MRSa.
    J Biomed Inform. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Extracellular synthesis of silver bionanoparticles from Aspergillus clavatus and its antimicrobial activity against MRSA and MRSE.
    Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, 77(2): 214-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Subinhibitory concentrations of thymol reduce enterotoxins A and B and alpha-hemolysin production in Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
    PLoS One, 5(3): e9736. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Ioniols I and II, tetracyclic diterpenes with antibacterial activity, from Sphaerococcus coronopifolius.
    Chem Biodivers, 7(3): 666-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-positive non-urinary isolates to fosfomycin.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 35(5): 497-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. MRSA--too many hurdles to overcome: a study from Central India.
    Trop Doct, 40(2): 108-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Significance of individual adjustment of initial loading dosage of teicoplanin based on population pharmacokinetics.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents, 35(5): 507-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Impact of deep sternal wound infection management with vacuum-assisted closure therapy followed by sternal osteosynthesis: a 15-year review of 23,499 sternotomies.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 37(4): 880-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Recurrent sternal infection following treatment with negative pressure wound therapy and titanium transverse plate fixation.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 37(4): 888-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Offsetting virulence and antibiotic resistance costs by MRSA.
    ISME J, 4(4): 577-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Curbing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 38 French hospitals through a 15-year institutional control program.
    Arch Intern Med, 170(6): 552-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Molecular characterization of resistance to Rifampicin in an emerging hospital-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST228, Spain.
    BMC Microbiol, 10: 68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Patient referral patterns and the spread of hospital-acquired infections through national health care networks.
    PLoS Comput Biol, 6(3): e1000715. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes mediate Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin-induced lung inflammation and injury.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 107(12): 5587-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Complications of seasonal and pandemic influenza.
    Crit Care Med, 38(4): e91-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Improving environmental hygiene in 27 intensive care units to decrease multidrug-resistant bacterial transmission.
    Crit Care Med, 38(4): 1054-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Antimicrobial, cytotoxicity and phytochemical screening of Jordanian plants used in traditional medicine.
    Molecules, 15(3): 1811-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Influence of magnolol on the secretion of alpha-toxin by Staphylococcus aureus.
    Molecules, 15(3): 1679-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. USA600 (ST45) Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Urban Detroit.
     J Clin Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Management of the infected or exposed breast prosthesis: a single surgeon's 15-year experience with 69 patients.
     Plast Reconstr Surg, 125(4): 1074-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Necrotising pneumonia due to influenza A (H1N1) and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300: successful management of the first documented paediatric case.
     Arch Dis Child, 95(4): 305-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Molecular epidemiology of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe.
     Lancet Infect Dis, 10(4): 227-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Ceftaroline: a new cephalosporin with activity against resistant gram-positive pathogens.
     Pharmacotherapy, 30(4): 375-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. New rugulosins, anti-MRSA antibiotics, produced by Penicillium radicum FKI-3765-2.
     Org Lett, 12(7): 1572-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Acute Phthisis Bulbi in a Premature Infant.
     Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Endogenous endophthalmitis after methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection.
     Ann Thorac Surg, 89(4): 1281-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Clinical features of 5 patients with descending necrotizing mediastinitis originating from deep neck infection.
     Auris Nasus Larynx, 37(4): 530-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage rate and associated risk factors in individuals in the community.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 702-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Hospitalization of paediatric patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection, 1998-2006.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 677-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Antibiotic consumption as a driver for resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli within a developing region.
     Am J Infect Control, 38(3): 212-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Epidemiology and associated factors for nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a tertiary-care hospital.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 697-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Staphylococcus aureus community-onset pneumonia in patients admitted to children's hospitals during autumn and winter of 2006-2007.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 666-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Exposure to hospital roommates as a risk factor for health care-associated infection.
     Am J Infect Control, 38(3): 173-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. 'Feral' and 'wild'-type methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United Kingdom.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 655-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Companion animals: a reservoir for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community?
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 595-605. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections at an Army training installation.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 721-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. A comparison of risk factors associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections in remote communities.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 730-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
119. Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage.
     Am J Infect Control, 38(3): 234-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
120. Emergence of MRSA clone ST22 in healthy young adults in the community in the absence of risk factors.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 673-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
121. High prevalence of nasal MRSA carriage in slaughterhouse workers in contact with live pigs in The Netherlands.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 756-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
122. Reflection paper on MRSA in food-producing and companion animals: epidemiology and control options for human and animal health.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 626-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
123. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in food production animals.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 606-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
124. No evidence of colonization with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-1-infected men who have sex with men.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 738-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
125. Detection of three distinct genetic lineages in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from animals and veterinary personnel.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 764-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
126. The impact of household transmission on duration of outpatient colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 683-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
127. Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA in broiler flocks and risk factors for slaughterhouse personnel in The Netherlands.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 743-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
128. Staphylococcus aureus carriage in care homes: identification of risk factors, including the role of dementia.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 686-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
129. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is prevalent in wounds of community-based injection drug users.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 713-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
130. Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in Lebanon.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 707-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
131. Surgical outcome of video-assisted thoracic surgery for acute thoracic empyema using pulsed lavage irrigation.
     Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 58(3): 126-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
132. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci. A review and the experience in a tertiary-care setting.
     Epidemiol Infect, 138(5): 645-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
133. An exploratory study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and SCCmec elements obtained from a community setting along the Texas border with Mexico.
     Curr Microbiol, 60(5): 321-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
134. Genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from milk of mastitic crossbred cattle.
     Curr Microbiol, 60(5): 379-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
135. A rapid high-performance liquid chromatography method to measure linezolid and daptomycin concentrations in human plasma.
     Ther Drug Monit, 32(2): 200-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
136. Community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children with community-onset pneumonia in China.
     Pediatr Pulmonol, 45(4): 387-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
137. Changes in cystic fibrosis sputum microbiology in the United States between 1995 and 2008.
     Pediatr Pulmonol, 45(4): 363-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
138. Case studies of lower respiratory tract infections: community-acquired pneumonia.
     Am J Med, 123(4): S4-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
139. Should higher vancomycin trough levels be targeted for invasive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children?
     Pediatr Infect Dis J, 29(4): 368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
140. Skin and soft tissue infections caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among children in China.
     Acta Paediatr, 99(4): 575-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
141. Cost-effective modification of a commercial PCR assay for detection of methicillin-resistant or -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in positive blood cultures.
     J Clin Microbiol, 48(4): 1408-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
142. Comparison of the BD GeneOhm methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR assay to culture by use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for detection of MRSA in nasal surveillance cultures from intensive care unit patients.
     J Clin Microbiol, 48(4): 1305-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
143. Performance of a new chromogenic medium, BBL CHROMagar MRSA II (BD), for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in screening samples.
     J Clin Microbiol, 48(4): 1450-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
144. Significantly larger numbers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are recovered from polymicrobial respiratory and wound sites by use of chromogenic primary media than by use of conventional culture.
     J Clin Microbiol, 48(4): 1350-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
145. Evaluation of chromogenic media for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
     J Clin Microbiol, 48(4): 1040-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
146. Best practice in primary care pathology: review 12.
     J Clin Pathol, 63(4): 330-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
147. Panton-Valentine leukocidin Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis of the adult tibia--a case report.
     Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 92(2): W17-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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