Top mrsa Articles in Internal Medicine

Implementation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention bundle results in decreased MRSA surgical site infections
The American Journal of Surgery, 11/03/2009

Awad SS et al. – The data demonstrate that successful implementation of the MRSA bundle significantly decreases MRSA transmission between patients, the overall number of nosocomial MRSA infections, and MRSA SSIs [more...]

Bench-to-bedside review: Understanding the impact of resistance and virulence factors on MRSA infections in the ICU
Critical Care, 10/27/2009

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 ... 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. [more...]

Enhanced surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Ireland
BMJ - Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 10/29/2009

Johnson AP et al. – MRSA bacteraemia in children was relatively uncommon and was predominantly seen in very young children, often those receiving neonatal or paediatric ... epidemic strains of MRSA associated with nosocomial infection. [more...]

Should Vascular Surgery Patients Be Screened Preoperatively for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/27/2009

Lee BY et al. – Testing and decolonizing patients for MRSA before vascular surgery may be a cost–effective strategy over a wide range of MRSA prevalence and decolonization success rates. [more...]

Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Bloodstream Infection Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: No Better than a Coin Toss
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/14/2009

Only half of patients with MRSA BSI received appropriate empirical therapy. Factors associated with receiving appropriate empirical antibiotics included the presence of a central venous catheter at admission and a history of joint arthroplasty. Surprisingly, prior MRSA infection was not predictive [more...]

The population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from intensive care unit patients in The Netherlands over an eleven-year period
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 10/08/2009

Rijnders MIA et al. – All MRSA isolates were PVL, CNA and TSST–1 negative, except for the two ST5–MRSA–II isolates, which were TSST–1 positive. No changes in the S. aureus genetic background and the [more...]

Usefulness of Weekly Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 10/06/2009

Rymzhanova R et al. – The results suggest that weekly MRSA screening allows the detection of 56.1% of all cases of hospital–acquired MRSA carriage. These cases would have remained undetected had admission screening and clinical sampling been [more...]

Reducing MRSA Infections in College Student Athletes: Implementation of a Prevention Program
Journal of Community Health Nursing, 11/06/2009

Sanders JC – Results showed a greater than 75% reduction in CA–MRSA in the target population, with only 3 cases recorded for the entire 2008 college football season. A 1–group pretest [more...]

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection After Lung Transplantation: 5-year Review of Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 10/28/2009

Manuel O et al. – Despite negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the virulence factor Panton–Valentine leukocidin, MRSA infections resulted in significant disease and morbidity. [more...]

Emergence of multiresistant variants of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage ST1-SCCmecIV in 2 hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 10/22/2009

MC et al. – Multilocus sequence typing of a representative of the CC1 isolates supported the finds that multiresistant variants of a CA–MRSA lineage emerged in this city. [more...]