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 4 (2007), Issue 2 (February)

1. Characterization of a three bacteria mixed culture in a chemostat: evaluation and application of a quantitative terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis for absolute and species specific cell enumeration.
   Biotechnol Bioeng, 96(4): 738-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing Fournier's gangrene and genital infections.
   J Urol, 177(3): 967-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. First complete genome sequence of two Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteriophages.
   J Bacteriol, 189(5): 2086-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. No detectable effect of RNA-binding protein Hfq absence in Staphylococcus aureus.
   BMC Microbiol, 7: 10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Characterisation of receptor binding by the chemotaxis inhibitory protein of Staphylococcus aureus and the effects of the host immune response.
   Mol Immunol, 44(10): 2507-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Increasing incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hand infections: a 3-year county hospital experience.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 119(3): 935-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Occurrence of ssl genes in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from animal infection.
   J Med Microbiol, 56: 418-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Evolving EMRSA-15 epidemic in Singapore hospitals.
   J Med Microbiol, 56: 376-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Subtyping of ST22-MRSA-IV (Barnim epidemic MRSA strain) at a university clinic in Germany from 2002 to 2005.
   J Med Microbiol, 56: 365-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Detection and prevalence of inducible clindamycin resistance in staphylococci.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 342-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
    Science, 315(5815): 1130-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Distinctin improves the efficacies of glycopeptides and betalactams against staphylococcal biofilm in an experimental model of central venous catheter infection.
    J Biomed Mater Res A, 81(1): 233-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Transmission via the face is one route of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cross-infection within a hospital.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 126-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus from maternity unit staff members to newborns disclosed through spa typing.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 122-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by stepwise implementation of preventive strategies in a university hospital: impact of a link-nurse system on the basis of multidisciplinary approaches.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 115-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Oral rifampin for eradication of Staphylococcus aureus carriage from healthy and sick populations: a systematic review of the evidence from comparative trials.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 106-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Morbidity and mortality of Staphylococcal bacteremia in children.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 102-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile, and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in the community: assessing the problem and controlling the spread.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 86-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Legislative mandates for use of active surveillance cultures to screen for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Position statement from the Joint SHEA and APIC Task Force.
    Am J Infect Control, 35(2): 73-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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