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 5 (2008), Issue 6 (June)

1. Infection and sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic retrospective case review.
   Lancet, 371(9627): 1848-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Differential roles of sortase-anchored surface proteins and wall teichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization.
   Int J Med Microbiol, 298(5): 505-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Management and control strategies for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
   Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9(9): 1463-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Methods for purifying and detoxifying sodium dodecyl sulfate-stabilized polyacrylate nanoparticles.
   Nanomedicine, 4(2): 98-105. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Rational design of peptides active against the gram positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.
   Proteins, 72(1): 229-39. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Screening and isolation of PHB-producing bacteria in a polluted marine microbial mat.
   Microb Ecol, 56(1): 112-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of biotin protein ligase from Staphylococcus aureus.
   Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 64: 520-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary diffraction analysis of CapF, a capsular polysaccharide-synthesis enzyme from Staphylococcus aureus.
   Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 64: 512-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Global implications of the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Indigenous populations.
   Clin Infect Dis, 46(12): 1871-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Antibacterial and membrane damaging activity of Livistona chinensis fruit extract.
    Food Chem Toxicol, 46(7): 2429-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A multiplex RTi-PCR reaction for simultaneous detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus on fresh, minimally processed vegetables.
    Food Microbiol, 25(5): 705-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Differentiation of Staphylococci from Iberian dry fermented sausages by protein fingerprinting.
    Food Microbiol, 25(5): 676-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Molecular identification of bacteria from aseptically loose implants.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 466(7): 1716-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A binds to complement regulator factor I and increases factor I cleavage of C3b.
    J Infect Dis, 198(1): 125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. A multimer resolution system contributes to segregational stability of the prototypical staphylococcal conjugative multiresistance plasmid pSK41.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 284(1): 58-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Interaction of human complement with Sbi, a staphylococcal immunoglobulin-binding protein: indications of a novel mechanism of complement evasion by Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Biol Chem, 283(25): 17579-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Unsymmetric aryl-alkyl disulfide growth inhibitors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis.
    Bioorg Med Chem, 16(13): 6501-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. In vitro pharmacodynamics of novel rifamycin ABI-0043 against Staphylococcus aureus.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(1): 156-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from skin and wound infections in the United States 2005-07: laboratory-based surveillance study.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 62(1): 109-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. The GraRS regulatory system controls Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobial host defenses.
    BMC Microbiol, 8: 85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Biofilm and the role of the ica operon and aap in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates causing neurosurgical meningitis.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(7): 719-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a London teaching hospital, 2000-2006.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(7): 670-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Evolutionary relationships between sporadic and epidemic strains of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 14(7): 659-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Simvastatin inhibits Staphylococcus aureus host cell invasion through modulation of isoprenoid intermediates.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 326(1): 135-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Capsid size determination by Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island SaPI1 involves specific incorporation of SaPI1 proteins into procapsids.
    J Mol Biol, 380(3): 465-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Expression of Staphylococcus epidermidis SdrG increases following exposure to an in vivo environment.
    Infect Immun, 76(7): 2950-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Staphylococcus caprae meningitis following intraspinal device infection.
    J Med Microbiol, 57: 904-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Urease-positive bacteria in the stomach induce a false-positive reaction in a urea breath test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection.
    J Med Microbiol, 57: 814-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) colonization and infection in intravenous and inhalational opiate drug abusers.
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood), 233(7): 874-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Maximal transcription of aur (aureolysin) and sspA (serine protease) in Staphylococcus aureus requires staphylococcal accessory regulator R (sarR) activity.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 284(2): 158-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Two thermostable nucleases coexisted in Staphylococcus aureus: evidence from mutagenesis and in vitro expression.
    FEMS Microbiol Lett, 284(2): 176-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. recA mediated spontaneous deletions of the icaADBC operon of clinical Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates: a new mechanism of phenotypic variations.
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 94(2): 317-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Antimicrobial susceptibility and invasive ability of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from mastitis from dairy backyard systems.
    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 94(2): 199-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of left atrial appendage occluder device infection.
    Eur J Echocardiogr, 9(4): 565-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin associated with community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report and review of interim guidelines.
    Anaesthesia, 63(7): 764-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 8(7): 427-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Assignment of Staphylococcus aureus isolates to clonal complexes based on microarray analysis and pattern recognition.
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol, 53(2): 237-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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