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MRSA - Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Known as: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, MRSA, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection 
A bacterial infection that is caused by Staphylococcus aureus and is resistant to methicillin treatment.
National Institutes of Health

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AntibioticsBacterial InfectionsInfectious disease prevention / controlMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals
Context Efforts to reduce the frequency of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have failed until now… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Potential use of copper surfaces to reduce survival of epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the healthcare environment.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Clinical cure and survival in Gram-positive ventilator-associated pneumonia: retrospective analysis of two double-blind studies comparing linezolid with vancomycin
ObjectiveTo assess the effect of baseline variables, including treatment, on clinical cure and survival rates in patients with… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
An international multicenter study of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 15 hospitals in 14 countries.
Antibiotic consumption during 1996 was measured in 15 large hospitals from 14 countries and 3000 consecutive Staphylococcus… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Genetic Diversity among Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Causing Outpatient Infections in Australia
ABSTRACT Increasing reports of the appearance of novel nonmultiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (MRSA… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Asymptomatic nasal carriage of mupirocin-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a pet dog associated with MRSA infection in household contacts.
Recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in a patient with diabetes and in his wife is described… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The development of vancomycin resistance in a patient with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
Over the past two decades, vancomycin has been considered the antibiotic of choice for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Revised guidelines for the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitals. British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hospital Infection Society and the Infection…
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Effectiveness of contact isolation during a hospital outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Contact isolation has been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the prevention of nosocomial… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
The Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in United States Hospitals: Possible Role of the House Staff-Patient Transfer Circuit
Infections with methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus appear to be occurring with increasing frequency in some U… 
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