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 7 (July)

1. Impact of infection control interventions and antibiotic use on hospital MRSA: a multivariate interrupted time-series analysis.
   Int J Antimicrob Agents, 30(2): 169-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. MRSA-related perianal abscesses: an underrecognized disease entity.
   Dis Colon Rectum, 50(7): 996-1003. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Surveillance of healthy cats and cats with inflammatory skin disease for colonization of the skin by methicillin-resistant coagulase-positive staphylococci and Staphylococcus schleiferi ssp. schleiferi.
   Vet Dermatol, 18(4): 252-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Vascular graft infection by Staphylococcus aureus: efficacy of cefazolin, teicoplanin and vancomycin prophylaxis protocols in a rat model.
   Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 34(2): 182-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Evaluation of real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on environmental surfaces.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(8): 1003-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Compatibility of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis findings and clinical criteria commonly used to distinguish between true coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia and contamination.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(8): 992-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 5-year review of surveillance data in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(8): 976-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Successful control of widespread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in a large teaching hospital in the Netherlands.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(8): 970-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Prevalence of nasal colonization among patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and their household contacts.
   Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(8): 966-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The N-terminal His-tag affects the enantioselectivity of staphylococcal lipases: a monolayer study.
    J Colloid Interface Sci, 313(1): 261-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Throat swabs are necessary to reliably detect carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Infect Dis, 45(4): 475-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Crystal structures of Trypanosoma brucei and Staphylococcus aureus mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase inform on the determinants of specificity and reactivity.
    J Mol Biol, 371(2): 540-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Structural basis of phospholipase activity of Staphylococcus hyicus lipase.
    J Mol Biol, 371(2): 447-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Investigation of an isolate of Staphylococcus lugdunensis implicated in a platelet fatality: a possible advantage of the use of an anaerobic bottle.
    Transfusion, 47(8): 1390-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Treatment of dialysis catheter-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia with an antibiotic lock: a quality improvement report.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 50(2): 289-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Molecular design of anti-MRSA agents based on the anacardic acid scaffold.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 15(18): 6236-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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