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 9 (September)

1. Comprehensive characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus COL secretome by two-dimensional liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
   Mol Cell Proteomics, 9(9): 1898-919. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Beneficial effects of implementing guidelines on microbiology and costs of infected diabetic foot ulcers.
   Diabetologia, 53(10): 2249-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Why antibodies disobey the Hippocratic Oath and end up doing harm: a new clue.
   J Clin Invest, 120(9): 3099-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Breast implant infections: is cefazolin enough?
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 126(3): 779-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Evidence of Multiple Virulence Subtypes in Nosocomial and Community-Associated MRSA Genotypes in Companion Animals from the Upper Midwestern and Northeastern United States.
   Clin Med Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Impact of an assay that enables rapid determination of Staphylococcus species and their drug susceptibility on the treatment of patients with positive blood culture results.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(10): 1043-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Staphylococcus aureus: a continuously evolving and formidable pathogen in the neonatal intensive care unit.
   Clin Perinatol, 37(3): 535-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Room decontamination with UV radiation.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 31(10): 1025-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Systemic Loxoscelism in the Age of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Ann Emerg Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center.
    Am J Infect Control. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Reducing surgical site infections by bundling multiple risk reduction strategies and active surveillance.
    AORN J, 92(3): 288-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Microstructuring of polymer films for sensitive genotyping by real-time PCR on a centrifugal microfluidic platform.
    Lab Chip, 10(19): 2519-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Resistant pathogen-associated skin and skin-structure infections: antibiotic options.
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther, 8(9): 1019-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9: CD005186. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Treatment of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant gram-positive bacteria.
    Am J Med Sci, 340(3): 209-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Antimicrobial peptides with therapeutic potential from skin secretions of the Marsabit clawed frog Xenopus borealis (Pipidae).
    Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol, 152(4): 467-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Impact of traditional hospital strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and community strain of MRSA on mortality in patients with community-onset S aureus bacteremia.
    Medicine (Baltimore), 89(5): 285-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Basis of virulence in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Annu Rev Microbiol, 64: 143-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Radiosynthesis and biodistribution of (99m)Tc-rifampicin: a novel radiotracer for in-vivo infection imaging.
    Appl Radiat Isot, 68(12): 2255-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oils of Sideritis erythrantha Boiss. and Heldr. (var. erythrantha and var. cedretorum P.H. Davis) endemic in Turkey.
    Food Chem Toxicol, 48(10): 2960-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Increasing prevalence of nasal and rectal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children with cancer.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. agr-Dependent Interactions of Staphylococcus aureus USA300 with Human Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils.
    J Innate Immun, 2(6): 546-559. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Superantigen gene profiles and presence of exfoliative toxin genes in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Chinese children.
    J Med Microbiol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Radiosynthesis and biodistribution of (99m)Tc-rifampicin: a novel radiotracer for in-vivo infection imaging.
    Appl Radiat Isot, 68(12): 2255-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Radiosynthesis and biodistribution of (99m)Tc-rifampicin: a novel radiotracer for in-vivo infection imaging.
    Appl Radiat Isot, 68(12): 2255-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Epidemiology of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Queensland, Australia: associations with indigenous populations and Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(10): 1253-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Absence of bacterial resistance to medical-grade manuka honey.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(10): 1237-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. First outbreak of PVL-positive nonmultiresistant MRSA in a neonatal ICU in Australia: comparison of MALDI-TOF and SNP-plus-binary gene typing.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(10): 1311-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus metallopeptidase (Sapep) reveals large domain motions between the manganese-bound and apo-states.
    J Biol Chem, 285(38): 29406-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Methicillin resistance and vancomycin heteroresistance in Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis patients.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 29(10): 1277-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infection trends in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia during 2002-2007.
    Ann Saudi Med, 30(5): 358-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Adverse event associated with a change in nonprescription syringe sale policy.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003), 50(5): 619-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Deep venous thrombosis associated with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children.
    Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus requiring operative debridement.
    Am J Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Fulminant fatal swine influenza (H1N1): Myocarditis, myocardial infarction, or severe influenza pneumonia?
    Heart Lung, 39(5): 453-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. On resin amino acid side chain attachment strategy for the head to tail synthesis of new glutamine containing gramicidin-S analogs and their antimicrobial activity.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 20(19): 5701-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Screening of the constituents, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of endemic Origanum hypericifolium O. Schwartz & P.H. Davis.
    Nat Prod Res, 24(16): 1568-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Original article. Investigation of the prediction accuracy of vancomycin concentrations determined by patient-specific parameters as estimated by Bayesian analysis.
    J Clin Pharm Ther, 35(5): 527-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Natural product derivatives with bactericidal activity against Gram-positive pathogens including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 20(19): 5936-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Forearm pyomyositis in a breast cancer patient on chemotherapy.
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg, 63(10): e737-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Patterns of early and late ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population.
    J Trauma, 69(3): 519-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Daptomycin and rifampin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic pulmonary emboli in the absence of endocarditis.
    Microb Drug Resist, 16(3): 241-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Two New Xanthones from Hypericum sampsonii and biological activity of the isolated compounds.
    Phytother Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood isolates: clonal spread of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IVA between the community and the hospital.
    Microb Drug Resist, 16(3): 217-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Tracing the source of an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary-care oncology hospital by epidemiology and molecular methods.
    Microb Drug Resist, 16(3): 203-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Binding of the gene repressor BlaI to the bla operon in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Biochemistry, 49(37): 7975-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Active surveillance culturing impacts methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in a pediatric intensive care unit.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Sustained Reduction in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Wound Infections After Cardiothoracic Surgery.
    Arch Intern Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in diabetic foot infections.
    Drugs, 70(14): 1785-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Vascular surgical antibiotic prophylaxis study (VSAPS).
    Vasc Endovascular Surg, 44(7): 521-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: related infections and antibiotic resistance.
    Int J Infect Dis. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in HIV-infected outpatients is common and detection is enhanced by groin culture.
    Epidemiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. A simplified multiplex PCR assay for fast and easy discrimination of globally distributed staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec types in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Med Microbiol, 59: 1135-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Socioeconomic determinants of outpatient antibiotic use in Europe.
    Int J Public Health, 55(5): 469-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from foot ulcers in diabetic patients in a Chinese care hospital: risk factors for infection and prevalence.
    J Med Microbiol, 59: 1219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Acute Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia alone and with concurrent infection: comparison of clinical and thin-section CT findings.
    Br J Radiol, 83(994): 854-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Screening methods for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Med Microbiol, 59: 1153-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Preservation of viability and antibacterial activity of Lactobacillus spp. in calcium alginate beads.
    Eur J Pharm Sci. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Determinants of Choice and Prescription Patterns in Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for HAP/VAP.
    Eur Respir J. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. In vitro activity of telavancin against Gram-positive isolates from complicated skin and skin structure infections: results from 2 phase 3 (ATLAS) clinical studies.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 68(2): 181-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Resistance or decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides, daptomycin, and linezolid in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Curr Opin Pharmacol, 10(5): 516-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Comparative effectiveness of linezolid and vancomycin among a national cohort of patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(10): 4394-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Fluoroquinolone efflux by the plasmid-mediated multidrug efflux pump QacB variant QacBIII in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(10): 4107-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Activities of high-dose daptomycin, vancomycin, and moxifloxacin alone or in combination with clarithromycin or rifampin in a novel in vitro model of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(10): 4329-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Origin and molecular evolution of the determinant of methicillin resistance in staphylococci.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 54(10): 4352-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Clinical impact of methicillin resistance on outcome of patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection: a stratified analysis according to underlying diseases and sites of infection in a large prospective cohort.
    J Infect, 61(4): 299-306. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Bottromycin derivatives: efficient chemical modifications of the ester moiety and evaluation of anti-MRSA and anti-VRE activities.
    Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 20(20): 6116-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Has decolonization played a central role in the decline in UK methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission? A focus on evidence from intensive care.
    J Antimicrob Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. A family of pyrazinone natural products from a conserved nonribosomal peptide synthetase in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Chem Biol, 17(9): 925-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the superbug.
    Int J Infect Dis. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization is a poor predictor of intensive care unit-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring antibiotic treatment.
    Crit Care Med, 38(10): 1991-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Comparison of the antimicrobial activity of Ulmo honey from Chile and Manuka honey against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 10: 47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Recombinant antimicrobial peptide hPAB-β expressed in Pichia pastoris, a potential agent active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Alberta, Canada: population-based surveillance, 2005-2008.
    Epidemiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Modulation of the local neutrophil response by a novel hyaluronic acid-binding peptide reduces bacterial burden during staphylococcal wound infection.
    Infect Immun, 78(10): 4176-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Pathogenic role of macrophages in intradermal infection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in thermally injured mice.
    Infect Immun, 78(10): 4311-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit.
    BMC Infect Dis, 10: 263. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Glycopeptide vs. non-glycopeptide antibiotics for prophylaxis of surgical site infections: a systematic review.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 11(5): 455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Comparison of incidence of bloodstream infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between England and United States, 2006-2007.
    Clin Infect Dis, 51(8): 925-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in an extremely low-birth-weight neonate: molecular characterization and rapid detection by multiplex and real-time PCR of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus.
    Pediatr Int. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Severe ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other pathogens: report of a case successfully managed by serial surveillance cultures of endotracheal aspirates.
    J Infect Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Spa Diversity among MRSA and MSSA Strains of Staphylococcus aureus in North of Iran.
    Int J Microbiol, 2010. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. The nosocomial transmission rate of animal-associated ST398 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J R Soc Interface. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. The Dominant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone from Hospitals in Cape Town has an Unusual Genotype: ST612.
    Clin Microbiol Infect. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Genotypes, Antibiotic Resistance Profiles and Microarray-Based Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Livestock and Veterinarians in Switzerland.
    Zoonoses Public Health. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. In vitro susceptibility patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus corneal isolates to antibiotics.
    Cornea, 29(10): 1131-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Suprathel-acetic acid matrix versus acticoat and aquacel as an antiseptic dressing: an in vitro study.
    Ann Plast Surg, 65(4): 391-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Evaluation of pathogen detection from clinical samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction using a sepsis pathogen DNA detection kit.
    Crit Care, 14(4): R159. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Linezolid versus Glycopeptide Antibiotics for the Treatment of Suspected Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Nosocomial Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
    Chest. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. MRSA screening in the vascular day-case population.
    Ann R Coll Surg Engl. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Pitucamycin: structural merger of a phenoxazinone with an epoxyquinone antibiotic.
    J Nat Prod, 73(9): 1461-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. The value of multiple surveillance cultures for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 596-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Role of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening in the management of skin and soft tissue infections.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 657-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Health care-associated and community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: A comparison of definitions.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 600-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Molecular surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a neonatal intensive care unit.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 660-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Hospital methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus active surveillance practices in Los Angeles County: Implications of legislation-based infection control, 2008.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 653-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. A stepwise approach to control an outbreak and ongoing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit.
    Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 607-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Long-term persistence of MRSA in re-admitted patients.
    Infection, 38(5): 363-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Identification of the active component that induces vancomycin resistance in MRSA.
    J Antibiot (Tokyo), 63(9): 533-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Bilateral psoas abscesses caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine.
     J Clin Neurosci, 17(11): 1465-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Post-cesarean delivery infectious morbidity: Focus on preoperative antibiotics and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
     Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 612-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Clinical and economic outcomes in patients with community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia.
     J Hosp Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Hospitalizations with healthcare-associated complicated skin and skin structure infections: Impact of inappropriate empiric therapy on outcomes.
     J Hosp Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections: An executive summary of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc, Elimination Guide.
     Am J Infect Control, 38(8): 644-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Enhanced surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Ireland.
     Arch Dis Child, 95(10): 781-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a unique Australian clone of ST93-IV community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
     J Bacteriol, 192(20): 5556-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Neonatal infections in England: the NeonIN surveillance network.
     Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Novel Apramycin Resistance Gene apmA in Bovine and Porcine Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398.
     Antimicrob Agents Chemother. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Superhydrophilicity and antibacterial property of a Cu-dotted oxide coating surface.
     Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 9: 25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Complicated skin and soft tissue infection.
     J Antimicrob Chemother, 65: iii35-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Increase of Ceftazidime- and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Imipenem-Resistant Acinetobacter spp. in Korea: Analysis of KONSAR Study Data from 2005 and 2007.
     Yonsei Med J, 51(6): 901-911. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Efficacy and safety of linezolid in immunocompromised children with cancer.
     Pediatr Int, 52(5): 694-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Eradication of drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus by liposomal oleic acids.
     Biomaterials. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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