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 8 (August)

1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from animals and veterinary personnel in Ireland.
   Vet Microbiol, 109(3): 285-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Genotypic versus phenotypic characterization, with respect to susceptibility and identification, of 17 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(2): 287-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Molecular basis of florfenicol-induced increase in adherence of Staphylococcus aureus strain Newman.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(2): 315-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Staphylococcal tetracycline-MLSB resistance plasmid pSTE2 is the product of an RSA-mediated in vivo recombination.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(2): 399-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Comparative assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in biofilm versus planktonic culture as assessed by bacterial enumeration or rapid XTT colorimetry.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(2): 331-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Telavancin: in vitro activity against staphylococci in a biofilm model.
   J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(2): 337-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Competition between methicillin-sensitive and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the anterior nares.
   J Hosp Infect, 61(1): 62-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Genetic relatedness of Staphylococcus epidermidis from infected infants and staff in the neonatal intensive care unit.
   Am J Infect Control, 33(6): 341-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. SarA positively controls bap-dependent biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus.
   J Bacteriol, 187(16): 5790-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The agr radiation: an early event in the evolution of staphylococci.
    J Bacteriol, 187(16): 5585-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A chiral benzoquinolizine-2-carboxylic acid arginine salt active against vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Med Chem, 48(16): 5232-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Phenotypic and genotypic mupirocin resistance among Staphylococci causing prosthetic joint infection.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 4266-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Evaluation of two new chromogenic media, CHROMagar MRSA and S. aureus ID, for identifying Staphylococcus aureus and screening methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 4242-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Partial excision of the chromosomal cassette containing the methicillin resistance determinant results in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 4191-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Septic arthritis caused by vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 4156-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Comparative sequencing of the serine-aspartate repeat-encoding region of the clumping factor B gene (clfB) for resolution within clonal groups of Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3985-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus genotypes recovered from cases of bovine, ovine, and caprine mastitis.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3979-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Results of disk diffusion testing with cefoxitin correlate with presence of mecA in Staphylococcus spp.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3818-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Mannitol salt agar-cefoxitin combination as a screening medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3797-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Development of a new oligonucleotide array to identify staphylococcal strains at species level.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3673-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Prevalence of the ST239 clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and differences in antimicrobial susceptibilities of ST239 and ST5 clones identified in a Korean hospital.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(8): 3610-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Monitoring the bacterial population dynamics during fermentation of artisanal Argentinean sausages.
    Int J Food Microbiol, 103(2): 131-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Population dynamics of nasal strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus--and their relation to community-associated disease activity.
    J Infect Dis, 192(5): 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The predominant variant of the Brazilian epidemic clonal complex of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has an enhanced ability to produce biofilm and to adhere to and invade airway epithelial cells.
    J Infect Dis, 192(5): 801-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea associated with enterotoxin-producing strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Am J Gastroenterol, 100(8): 1828-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Transregional spread of a single clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between groups of drug users in Switzerland.
    Infection, 33(4): 273-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Identification of staphylococci by 16S internal transcribed spacer rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphism.
    J Med Microbiol, 54: 823-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Characterization of functional domains of lantibiotic-binding immunity protein, NukH, from Staphylococcus warneri ISK-1.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 250(1): 19-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Optimisation of intact cell MALDI method for fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Microbiol Methods, 62(3): 273-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Characteristics of new Staphylococcus aureus-RBC adhesion mechanism independent of fibrinogen and IgG under hydrodynamic shear conditions.
    Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 289(3): C727-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase SrtA: insight into the kinetic mechanism and evidence for a reverse protonation catalytic mechanism.
    Biochemistry, 44(33): 11188-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Vancomycin release behaviour from amorphous calcium polyphosphate matrices intended for osteomyelitis treatment.
    Biomaterials, 26(35): 7276-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Impact of heat on nanocrystalline silver dressings. Part I: Chemical and biological properties.
    Biomaterials, 26(35): 7221-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. The selection of resistance to and the mutagenicity of different fluoroquinolones in Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(9): 750-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Characterization of novel staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxin type P.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 5540-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Benzopyran, biphenyl, and tetraoxygenated xanthone derivatives from the twigs of Garcinia nigrolineata.
    J Nat Prod, 68(8): 1218-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Isopimaric acid from Pinus nigra shows activity against multidrug-resistant and EMRSA strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Phytother Res, 19(6): 538-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. New recommendations for vancomycin dosage for patients with MRSA pneumonia with various degrees of renal function impairment.
    J Infect Chemother, 11(4): 182-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Effects of controlled fibronectin surface orientation on subsequent Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion.
    J Biomed Mater Res A, 75(1): 41-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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