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Bench-to-bedside review: Understanding the impact of resistance and virulence factors on MRSA infections in the ICU
Critical Care, 10/27/09

Skrupky LP et al. – Staphyloccocus aureus and MRSA can no longer be considered as solely a nosocomial pathogen. When initiating empiric antibiotics, it is of vital importance that this therapy be timely and appropriate, as delays in treatment are associated with adverse outcomes. Although vancomycin has long been considered a first–line therapy for serious MRSA infections, multiple concerns with this agent have opened the door for existing and investigational agents demonstrating efficacy in this role.

Implementation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention bundle results in decreased MRSA surgical site infections
The American Journal of Surgery, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Twenty-five year epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered at a burn center
Burns, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Bloodstream Infection Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: No Better than a Coin Toss
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Aerosolized vancomycin for the treatment of MRSA after lung transplantation
Respirology, 11/10/09 Relevance Score: 66%

Enhanced surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Ireland
BMJ - Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 66%