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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an overview of basic and clinical research

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most successful modern pathogens. The same organism that lives as a commensal and is transmitted in both health-care and community settings is also a leading cause of bacteraemia ...
Nicholas A Turner, Batu K Sharma-Kuinkel, Stacey A Maskarinec   +2 more
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Comparing the Outcomes of Ceftaroline plus Vancomycin or Daptomycin Combination Therapy versus Vancomycin or Daptomycin Monotherapy in Adults with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia—A Meta-Analysis

Antibiotics, 2022
Introduction: Combination therapy with daptomycin plus ceftaroline to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has been reported to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia-related mortality.
Chienhsiu Huang, Ihung Chen, Lichen Lin
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Recent Developments in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Treatment: A Review

Antibiotics, 2022
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a Gram-positive bacterium that may cause life-threatening diseases and some minor infections in living organisms. However, it shows notorious effects when it becomes resistant to antibiotics.
P. Nandhini, Pradeep Kumar, Suresh Mickymaray, Abdulaziz S. Alothaim, J. Somasundaram, M. Rajan   +5 more
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Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonizers among Basic Science MBBS and BDS Students of Kathmandu Medical College

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020
Introduction: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus exhibit multiple drug resistance phenotypes. Colonizers harboring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus are often associated with its outbreaks in both hospital and community settings.
Manisha Sharma, Beena Jha, Chandra Prakash Bhatt   +2 more
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Bacterial Targets of Antibiotics in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antibiotics, 2021
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most prevalent bacterial pathogens and continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. MRSA is a commensal bacterium in humans and is transmitted in both community and
Harshad Lade, Jae-Seok Kim
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ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of S. aureus in hospitalized patients of Islamabad. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Study Duration: Pakistan Institute of Medical Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Lab, COMSATS Institute ...
Yasir Rasheed, Kaleem Imdad, Raheela Yasmin, Ambreen Gul, Aneela Jamil, Ummara Aslam   +5 more
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Nepal

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Staphylococcus aureus is both a frequent commensal and a leading cause of endocarditis, bacteremia, osteomyelitis and skin and soft tissue infections and device-related infections.
Lok Bahadur Shrestha, Gopiram Syangtan, Ajaya Basnet, Krishna Prasad Acharya, Arun Bahadur Chand, Khilasa Pokhrel   +5 more
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Prevalence of nasal carriage rate for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic susceptibility profiles in health care workers at Nanakaly Hospital, Erbil, Iraq

Zanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background and objective: Healthcare workers have been identified as the source of infection in many outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the hospital environment. Therefore, we aimed to demonstrate the prevalence of nasal carriage
Nasik Shawkat Dogramachy
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Incidence and treatment of methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection in cystic fibrosis patients: a cohort study

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
In Brazil the knowledge about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in cystic fibrosis patients is scarce. This study aimed to determine the incidence of respiratory tract colonization and the identification rates after a standardized ...
Paloma Horejs Bittencourt, Carlos Sidney Silva Pimentel, Bianca Sampaio Bonfim, Paulo José Marostica, Edna Lúcia Souza   +4 more
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background The burden of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a major public health concern worldwide; however the overall epidemiology of multidrug resistant strains is neither coordinated nor harmonized, particularly in developing countries ...
Setegn Eshetie, Fentahun Tarekegn, Feleke Moges, Anteneh Amsalu, Wubet Birhan, Kahsay Huruy   +5 more
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