Rapid, high-throughput screening tools are needed to contain the spread of hospital-acquired methicillin (meticillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains. Most techniques used in current clinical practice still require time-consuming culture for primary isolation of the microbe. We present a new phenotypic assay for MRSA screening. The technique employs a two-photon excited fluoresce...

This article reviews recent clinical evidence for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. Vancomycin remains the initial antibiotic of choice for the treatment of patients with MRSA bacteremia and endocarditis due to isolates with vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration ≤2 μg/mL, whereas daptomycin is an effective alternative, and ceftaroline seems pr...

introduction: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) can cause serious and life-threatening hospital- and community-acquired infections. colonized and infected patients represent the most important reservoir of mrsa in health care facilities. therefore, in this study, mrsa isolates collected from shohada hospital in tabriz were evaluated for the frequency of meca gene and their anti...

Objectives: Tigecycline is a new glycylcycline group antibiotic with broad-spectrum activity. In the present study we report on in vitro activity of tigecycline as well as the comparator antimicrobials linezolid and quinupristin/dalfopristin against methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains isolated from burn wounds in Tr...

TDC: Tunneled Dialysis Catheter; GWE: Guidewire-Directed Exchange; MSSA: Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus; MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; CNS: Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus; VREF: VancomycinResistant Enterococcus Faecalis; ABE: Acute Bacterial Endocarditis; PE: Pulmonary Embolism; DVT: Deep Vein Thrombophlebitis (Central Vein); CNS: Central Nervous System; CNI...

The objective of the study was to compare the outcome of poststernotomy mediastinitis (PSM) caused by methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA, respectively). Hospital records of 41 patients with S. aureus PSM who were all treated by closed drainage from 1 April 1996 through 1 February 2000 were reviewed. PSM was caused by MRSA in 15 patients and by...

1. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains with diverse genetic backgrounds are emerging in Hong Kong. 2. Intra-familial spread of community-associated MRSA is common.

Transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between humans and animals is increasingly recognized. We newly document that the transmission of MRSA between human and hamster is possible.

The frequency of MRSA (Methicillin cephem resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection has increased recently. A case of septicemia caused by MRSA is reported with discussion on its prophylaxis.