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 7 (July)

1. A case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by coagulase-negative staphylococcus: utility of magnetic resonance imaging for the preoperative diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis.
   J Infect Chemother, 11(3): 160-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Antibacterial activity of propolis against Staphylococcus aureus.
   Int J Food Microbiol, 102(2): 213-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Healthcare-associated outbreaks and community-acquired infections due to MRSA carrying the Panton-Valentine leucocidin gene in southeastern Germany.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 419-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Heterogeneity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains at a German university hospital during a 1-year period.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 388-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Life-threatening community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Australia.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 384-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from screening enrichment broths by real-time PCR.
   Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(6): 423-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Molecular evidence that nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus plays a role in respiratory tract infections of critically ill patients.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3491-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Comparison of conventional susceptibility testing, penicillin-binding protein 2a latex agglutination testing, and mecA real-time PCR for detection of oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3450-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid rRNA gene probe assay for simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus and detection of mecA.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3438-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prevalence of SCCmec type IV in nosocomial bloodstream isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3435-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Differential distribution and expression of Panton-Valentine leucocidin among community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3373-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Dissemination of methicillin-resistant staphylococci among healthy Japanese children.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3364-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. A Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain, another such strain carrying a multiple-drug resistance plasmid, and other more-typical PVL-negative MRSA strains found in Japan.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3356-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Use of an automated multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat-based method for rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3346-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Emergence of virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in The Netherlands.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3341-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Frequent carriage of Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes by Staphylococcus aureus isolates from surgically drained abscesses.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3203-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from two hospitals in Bangalore, South India.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3198-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Comparison of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa typing, and multilocus sequence typing for clonal characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3095-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Fine affinity discrimination by normalized fluorescence activated cell sorting in staphylococcal surface display.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 248(2): 189-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping of human and animal Staphylococcus aureus isolates from dairy farms with manual milking.
    Vet Microbiol, 109(1): 57-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Correlation of agar dilution and VITEK2 system for detection of resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and pristinamycin among Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis: association with genotypes.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(8): 656-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Fatal sepsis and necrotizing pneumonia in a child due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and literature review.
    Scand J Infect Dis, 37(6): 504-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis to extracellular matrix proteins and effects of fibrinogen-bound bacteria on oxidase activity and apoptosis in neutrophils.
    APMIS, 113(5): 361-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius sp. nov., a coagulase-positive species from animals.
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 55: 1569-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Recognition of Staphylococcus aureus by the innate immune system.
    Clin Microbiol Rev, 18(3): 521-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Staphylococcal Drp35 is the functional counterpart of the eukaryotic PONs.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 249(1): 185-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity.
    J Exp Med, 202(2): 209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Staphylococcus aureus develops an alternative, ica-independent biofilm in the absence of the arlRS two-component system.
    J Bacteriol, 187(15): 5318-29. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Rot repression of enterotoxin B expression in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Bacteriol, 187(15): 5301-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Functional characterization of a Na(+)-coupled dicarboxylate carrier protein from Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Bacteriol, 187(15): 5189-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The efficacy of intravitreal piperacillin/tazobactam in rabbits with experimental Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis: a comparison with vancomycin.
    Ophthalmic Res, 37(3): 168-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The antibacterial activity of honey against coagulase-negative staphylococci.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(1): 228-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Influence of inoculum size of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on in vitro activities and in vivo efficacy of fluoroquinolones and carbapenems.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(1): 91-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Staphylococcus aureus infection of epidermal keratinocytes promotes expression of innate antimicrobial peptides.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 5241-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Characterization of a humanized monoclonal antibody recognizing clumping factor A expressed by Staphylococcus aureus.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 5229-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan is a toll-like receptor 2 activator: a reevaluation.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 5212-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. The multifunctional Staphylococcus aureus autolysin aaa mediates adherence to immobilized fibrinogen and fibronectin.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4793-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Heparin stimulates Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4596-606. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Complexity of vaginal microflora as analyzed by PCR denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis in a patient with recurrent bacterial vaginosis.
    Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol, 13(1): 25-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Xanthone and sesquiterpene derivatives from the fruits of Garcinia scortechinii.
    J Nat Prod, 68(7): 1010-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Staphylococcus aureus aminopeptidase S is a founding member of a new peptidase clan.
    J Biol Chem, 280(30): 27792-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Electric block current induced detachment from surgical stainless steel and decreased viability of Staphylococcus epidermidis.
    Biomaterials, 26(33): 6731-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Antibiotic resistance in exopolysaccharide-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates from orthopaedic implant infections.
    Biomaterials, 26(33): 6530-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Roles for fibrinogen, immunoglobulin and complement in platelet activation promoted by Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A.
    Mol Microbiol, 57(3): 804-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Crystal structure and substrate specificity of the beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (FabH) from Staphylococcus aureus.
    Protein Sci, 14(8): 2087-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Prevalence of resistance mechanisms against macrolides and lincosamides in methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in the Czech Republic and occurrence of an undefined mechanism of resistance to lincosamides.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3586-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Genotypic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Korean hospitals.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3583-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Effect of various antibacterial preparations on the pathogenic oral flora in elderly patients fed via nasogastric tube.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3566-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Therapeutic effect of ME1036 on endocarditis experimentally induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3526-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Establishment of a superficial skin infection model in mice by using Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3435-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. DNA microarray-based identification of genes associated with glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3404-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Antistaphylococcal activity of DX-619, a new des-F(6)-quinolone, compared to those of other agents.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3325-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Comparison of four methods for determining lysostaphin susceptibility of various strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3256-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. In vitro and in vivo evaluations of the activities of lauric acid monoester formulations against Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3187-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Efficacy of Telavancin in a rabbit model of aortic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3163-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Functional interrelationships between cell membrane and cell wall in antimicrobial peptide-mediated killing of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3114-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. 3',5'-cyclic diguanylic acid reduces the virulence of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus strains in a mouse model of mastitis infection.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(8): 3109-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Bioassay-guided isolation of antimicrobial benzopyrans and phloroglucinol derivatives from Hypericum species.
    Phytother Res, 19(4): 291-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Staphylococcus aureus positive for Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes but susceptible to methicillin in patients with furuncles.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(7): 477-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Impact of the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System on the development of a national programme to monitor resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ireland, 1999-2003.
    Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 24(7): 480-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic integration of moxifloxacin in rabbits after intravenous, intramuscular and oral administration.
    J Vet Pharmacol Ther, 28(4): 343-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Identification of antimicrobial compounds active against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus.
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 45(2): 245-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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