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 5 (May)

1. Biofilm production by Staphylococcus aureus associated with intramammary infection.
   Vet Microbiol, 107(3): 295-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Anti-opsonic properties of staphylokinase.
   Microbes Infect, 7(3): 476-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. In vitro resistance to the CSalphabeta-type antimicrobial peptide ASABF-alpha is conferred by overexpression of sigma factor sigB in Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 55(5): 686-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Role of mutS and mutL genes in hypermutability and recombination in Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Bacteriol, 187(10): 3455-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. National hospital infection surveillance on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Hosp Infect, 60(2): 172-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Conserved interactions in the Staphylococcus aureus DNA PolC chromosome replication machine.
   J Biol Chem, 280(18): 18152-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Identification and preliminary characterization of cell-wall-anchored proteins of Staphylococcus epidermidis.
   Microbiology, 151: 1453-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Biochemical and molecular characterization of an azoreductase from Staphylococcus aureus, a tetrameric NADPH-dependent flavoprotein.
   Microbiology, 151: 1433-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Evidence of a charge-density threshold for optimum efficiency of biocidal cationic surfaces.
   Microbiology, 151: 1341-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Differential gene expression profiling of Staphylococcus aureus cultivated under biofilm and planktonic conditions.
    Appl Environ Microbiol, 71(5): 2663-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Prevalence of cna, fnbA and fnbB adhesin genes among Staphylococcus aureus isolates from orthopedic infections associated to different types of implant.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 246(1): 81-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. The avian major histocompatibility complex influences bacterial skeletal disease in broiler breeder chickens.
    Vet Pathol, 42(3): 275-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Unstable vancomycin heteroresistance is common among clinical isolates of methiciliin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2494-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in England and Wales: frequency, characterization, and association with clinical disease.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2384-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Genetic background affects stability of mecA in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2380-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic methods for species-level identification of clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2286-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Dissemination of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in northern Norway: sequence types 8 and 80 predominate.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(5): 2118-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Functional dissociation of the basolateral transcytotic compartment from the apical phago-lysosomal compartment in human osteoclasts.
    J Histochem Cytochem, 53(5): 665-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Investigations into the basis of chloramphenicol and tetracycline resistance in Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from cases of pyoderma in dogs.
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 52(3): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. A Staphylococcus aureus mouse keratitis topical infection model: cytokine balance in different strains of mice.
    Immunol Cell Biol, 83(3): 294-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Borrelia burgdorferi binds fibronectin through a tandem beta-zipper, a common mechanism of fibronectin binding in staphylococci, streptococci, and spirochetes.
    J Biol Chem, 280(19): 18803-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Effect of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide on susceptibility to experimental bacterial endophthalmitis and subsequent response to treatment.
    Arch Ophthalmol, 123(5): 649-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Extracellular fibrinogen binding protein, Efb, from Staphylococcus aureus as an antiplatelet agent in vivo.
    Thromb Haemost, 93(5): 927-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Bilateral orbital cellulitis due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Staphylococcus aureus: a previously unreported case.
    J Med Microbiol, 54: 609-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Susceptibilities to antiseptic agents and distribution of antiseptic-resistance genes qacA/B and smr of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Asia during 1998 and 1999.
    J Med Microbiol, 54: 557-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Staphylococcus aureus ClpYQ plays a minor role in stress survival.
    Arch Microbiol, 183(4): 286-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Fatal infection after rapamycin eluting coronary stent implantation.
    Heart, 91(6): e51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Induction of vascular leakage through release of bradykinin and a novel kinin by cysteine proteinases from Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Exp Med, 201(10): 1669-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Fibrinogen and fibronectin binding cooperate for valve infection and invasion in Staphylococcus aureus experimental endocarditis.
    J Exp Med, 201(10): 1627-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. BBL CHROMagar Staph aureus is superior to mannitol salt for detection of Staphylococcus aureus in complex mixed infections.
    Am J Clin Pathol, 123(6): 806-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Comprehensive analysis of classical and newly described staphylococcal superantigenic toxin genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 246(2): 191-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Effect of nisin on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus determined by a microcalorimetric method.
    Mol Nutr Food Res, 49(4): 350-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Structural comparison of ten serotypes of staphylocoagulases in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Bacteriol, 187(11): 3698-707. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. A rot mutation restores parental virulence to an agr-null Staphylococcus aureus strain in a rabbit model of endocarditis.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3806-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Antimicrobial activity of murine lung cells against Staphylococcus aureus is increased in vitro and in vivo after elafin gene transfer.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3609-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Staphylococcus aureus strains that express serotype 5 or serotype 8 capsular polysaccharides differ in virulence.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3502-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Role of Staphylococcus aureus global regulators sae and sigmaB in virulence gene expression during device-related infection.
    Infect Immun, 73(6): 3415-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Risk factors for intramammary infections and relationship with somatic-cell counts in Italian dairy goats.
    Prev Vet Med, 69(3): 163-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Severe non-pneumonic necrotising infections in children caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin producing Staphylococcus aureus strains.
    J Infect, 50(5): 438-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Blockade of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa by crotavirin, a member of disintegrins, prevents platelet from activation and aggregation by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.
    Thromb Res, 116(2): 145-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Immobilized N-alkylated polyethylenimine avidly kills bacteria by rupturing cell membranes with no resistance developed.
    Biotechnol Bioeng, 90(6): 715-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Clonal structure of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) population in Poland: revision and update.
    Microb Drug Resist, 11(2): 127-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Major epidemic clones of Staphylococcus aureus in Nigeria.
    Microb Drug Resist, 11(2): 115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Genetic diversity among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE).
    Microb Drug Resist, 11(2): 83-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Effects of toxin production in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus keratitis.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 46(6): 2064-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Bacterial transmission from contact lenses to porcine corneas: an ex vivo study.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 46(6): 2042-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Mechanisms of antibacterial action of three monoterpenes.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2474-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Use of confocal microscopy to analyze the rate of vancomycin penetration through Staphylococcus aureus biofilms.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2467-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Comparable efficacies of the antimicrobial peptide human lactoferrin 1-11 and gentamicin in a chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis model.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2438-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Effects of acyl versus aminoacyl conjugation on the properties of antimicrobial peptides.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2412-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Effect of cell-photosensitizer binding and cell density on microbial photoinactivation.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2329-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Inducible clindamycin resistance and molecular epidemiologic trends of pediatric community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dallas, Texas.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2283-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Linezolid versus vancomycin in treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2260-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Pharmacodynamic modeling of the evolution of levofloxacin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2189-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Panton valentine leukocidin (PVL) toxin positive MRSA strains isolated from companion animals.
    Vet Microbiol, 108(1): 145-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. The Staphylococcus aureus cidC gene encodes a pyruvate oxidase that affects acetate metabolism and cell death in stationary phase.
    Mol Microbiol, 56(6): 1664-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Influence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrier status in liver transplant recipients.
    Transplant Proc, 37(4): 1710-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. The two-component cell lysis genes holWMY and lysWMY of the Staphylococcus warneri M phage varphiWMY: cloning, sequencing, expression, and mutational analysis in Escherichia coli.
    Gene, 351: 97-108. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Biochemical and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus xylosus lipase.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1723(1): 282-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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