Staphylococcus Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Staphylococcus, including details on mrsa, hospitals, infection, antibiotic resistance, superbugs.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 2 (February)

1. Cytochemical differences in bacterial glycocalyx.
   Microsc Microanal, 11(1): 2-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Relationships between toxin gene content and genetic background in nasal carried isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Asturias, Spain.
   FEMS Microbiol Lett, 243(2): 447-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Proline residue-modified polycationic analogs of gramicidin S with high antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and low hemolytic activity.
   J Pept Res, 65(1): 98-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Transient interference with staphylococcal quorum sensing blocks abscess formation.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(5): 1691-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. A clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among professional football players.
   N Engl J Med, 352(5): 468-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Antimicrobial action of carvacrol at different stages of dual-species biofilm development by Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
   Appl Environ Microbiol, 71(2): 797-803. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Bacterial genotype affects the manifestation and persistence of bovine Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infection.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(2): 959-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Identification and characterization of clinical isolates of members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(2): 956-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Impact of screening for MRSA carriers at hospital admission on risk-adjusted indicators according to the imported MRSA colonization pressure.
   J Hosp Infect, 59(3): 254-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. A pantothenate kinase from Staphylococcus aureus refractory to feedback regulation by coenzyme A.
    J Biol Chem, 280(5): 3314-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from 1987 and 1989 demonstrating heterogeneous resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin.
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis, 51(2): 119-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Persistent (not intermittent) nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is the determinant of CPD-related infections.
    Kidney Int, 67(3): 1084-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Neutral microepidemic evolution of bacterial pathogens.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(6): 1968-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. PCR-based detection of genes encoding virulence determinants in Staphylococcus aureus from birds.
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 52(1): 38-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Effect of intramammary injection of RbIL-8 on milk levels of somatic cell count, chemiluminescence activity and shedding patterns of total bacteria and S. aureus in Holstein cows with naturally infected-subclinical mastitis.
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 52(1): 32-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Antimicrobial drug susceptibility of Staphylococcus intermedius clinical isolates from canine pyoderma.
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 52(1): 25-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from bovine mastitic milk on the basis of toxin genes and coagulase gene polymorphisms.
    Vet Microbiol, 105(3): 301-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Exudative epidermitis in pigs caused by toxigenic Staphylococcus chromogenes.
    Vet Microbiol, 105(3): 291-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The effect of Virkon S fogging on survival of Salmonella enterica and Staphylococcus aureus on surfaces in a veterinary teaching hospital.
    Vet Microbiol, 105(3): 281-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. A study on the bacterial photo-toxicity of phenothiazinium based photosensitisers.
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 43(3): 367-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Invertebrates as animal models for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: a window into host-pathogen interaction.
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 43(3): 311-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Gene sequences and specific detection for Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 328(4): 995-1002. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Protective effects of synthetic antibacterial oligopeptides based on the insect defensins on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in mice.
    Dev Comp Immunol, 29(5): 469-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Bacteria induce expression of apoptosis in human spermatozoa.
    Apoptosis, 10(1): 105-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Crystal structures of the BlaI repressor from Staphylococcus aureus and its complex with DNA: insights into transcriptional regulation of the bla and mec operons.
    J Bacteriol, 187(5): 1833-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Role of penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) in the antibiotic susceptibility and cell wall cross-linking of Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for the cooperative functioning of PBP2, PBP4, and PBP2A.
    J Bacteriol, 187(5): 1815-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Cytoplasmic control of premature activation of a secreted protease zymogen: deletion of staphostatin B (SspC) in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 yields a profound pleiotropic phenotype.
    J Bacteriol, 187(5): 1751-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Nepal.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(3): 235-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides in Belgian hospitals.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(3): 214-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci other than Staphylococcus epidermidis by automated ribotyping.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(3): 177-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. High-density DNA probe arrays for identification of staphylococci to the species level.
    J Microbiol Methods, 61(2): 201-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Use of liposomes to deliver bactericides to bacterial biofilms.
    Methods Enzymol, 391: 211-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Subcellular location of the soluble lytic transglycosylase homologue in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Curr Microbiol, 50(1): 47-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Dynamic modification of microorganisms by pyrenebutanoate for fluorometric detection in capillary zone electrophoresis.
    Electrophoresis, 26(3): 548-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. High prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in emergency department skin and soft tissue infections.
    Ann Emerg Med, 45(3): 311-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Staphylococcus aureus RNAIII and the endoribonuclease III coordinately regulate spa gene expression.
    EMBO J, 24(4): 824-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Miniaturization of the structure elucidation of novel natural products--two trace antibacterial acylated caprylic alcohol glycosides from Arctostaphylos pumila.
    Planta Med, 71(2): 176-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Antibacterial caged-tetraprenylated xanthones from the stem bark of Garcinia scortechinii.
    Planta Med, 71(2): 165-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Staphylococcus aureus ampicillin-resistant from the odontological clinic environment.
    Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo, 47(1): 19-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. In vitro activity of the histatin derivative P-113 against multidrug-resistant pathogens responsible for pneumonia in immunocompromised patients.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 1249-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Potential clindamycin resistance in clindamycin-susceptible, erythromycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: report of a clinical failure.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 1222-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. mecA is not involved in the sigmaB-dependent switch of the expression phenotype of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus epidermidis.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 1216-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Telavancin, a multifunctional lipoglycopeptide, disrupts both cell wall synthesis and cell membrane integrity in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 1127-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. c-di-GMP (3'-5'-cyclic diguanylic acid) inhibits Staphylococcus aureus cell-cell interactions and biofilm formation.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 1029-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Molecular analysis of resistance to streptogramin A compounds conferred by the Vga proteins of staphylococci.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 973-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Induction of fibronectin adhesins in quinolone-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by subinhibitory levels of ciprofloxacin or by sigma B transcription factor activity is mediated by two separate pathways.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 916-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Evaluation of ceftobiprole in a rabbit model of aortic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(3): 884-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Influence of satellite groups on telechelic antimicrobial functions of polyoxazolines.
    Macromol Biosci, 5(2): 149-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Factors characterizing Staphylococcus epidermidis invasiveness determined by comparative genomics.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1856-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Bacterial and host factors implicated in nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in mice.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1847-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Biofilm formation, icaADBC transcription, and polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis by staphylococci in a device-related infection model.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1811-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8 reduce killing by bovine neutrophils in vitro.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1578-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Rat/MgrA, a regulator of autolysis, is a regulator of virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Infect Immun, 73(3): 1423-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. The mathematical properties of the quasi-chemical model for microorganism growth-death kinetics in foods.
    Int J Food Microbiol, 99(2): 157-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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