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 9 (September)

1. A novel total knee arthroplasty infection model in rabbits.
   J Orthop Res, 23(5): 1100-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Nosocomial spread of a Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strain causing sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4877-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Survey of genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins, toxic shock syndrome toxin 1, and exfoliative toxins in members of the Staphylococcus sciuri group.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4875-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures by a combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes and flow cytometry.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4855-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. PCR-based diagnosis of neonatal staphylococcal bacteremias.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4823-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Clonal analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates carrying or lacking biofilm-mediating genes by multilocus sequence typing.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4751-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Multilocus sequence typing of intercontinental bovine Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4737-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from high-somatic-cell-count cows and the environment of an organic dairy farm in the United Kingdom.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4731-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Successful multiresistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage from Taipei, Taiwan, that carries either the novel Staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) type VT or SCCmec type IV.
   J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4719-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prevalence of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1-producing Staphylococcus aureus and the presence of antibodies to this superantigen in menstruating women.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4628-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Anticoagulant carryover may influence clot formation in direct tube coagulase tests from blood cultures.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4613-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Use of a multiplex molecular beacon platform for rapid detection of methicillin and vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4585-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Correlation of penicillin Binding protein 2a detection with oxacillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and discovery of a novel penicillin binding protein 2a mutation.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4541-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Multilocus sequence typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from an area of low endemicity by real-time PCR.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4448-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Widespread distribution of disinfectant resistance genes among staphylococci of bovine and caprine origin in Norway.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(9): 4363-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Structure and biosynthesis of staphyloxanthin from Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Biol Chem, 280(37): 32493-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. High-level (beta)-lactam resistance and cell wall synthesis catalyzed by the mecA homologue of Staphylococcus sciuri introduced into Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Bacteriol, 187(19): 6651-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Development of a multiplex PCR assay for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxigenic strains isolated from milk and dairy products.
    Mol Cell Probes, 19(5): 299-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. International spread of major clones of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: nosocomial endemicity of multi locus sequence type 239 in Saudi Arabia and Romania.
    Infect Genet Evol, 5(4): 335-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole plus topical antibiotics as therapy for acute otitis media with otorrhea caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children.
    Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 131(9): 782-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Synonymous codon usage bias in 16 Staphylococcus aureus phages: implication in phage therapy.
    Virus Res, 113(2): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Real-time PCR can rapidly detect methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus directly from positive blood culture bottles.
    Am J Clin Pathol, 124(3): 404-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Staphylococcus aureus-derived peptidoglycan induces Cx43 expression and functional gap junction intercellular communication in microglia.
    J Neurochem, 95(2): 475-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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