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METHICILLIN RESISTANCE IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

The Lancet, 1970
Abstract Two independent surveys of the frequency of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus indicate that there was a moderate increase between 1960 and 1963, followed by a stationary period. A second increase began in 1968 and is continuing. Resistant strains have been present in many hospitals for some years, and the more recent increase in
M T, Parker, J H, Hewitt
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Control of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2011
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. Different approaches to the control of this pathogen have met with varying degrees of success in different health care settings. Controversies exist with regards to various MRSA control strategies.
Lee, Andie S, Huttner, Benedikt, Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen   +2 more
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2000
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a potentially lethal organism in pediatric patients. MRSA is an uncommon otologic pathogen that requires special diagnostic and therapeutic intervention.Three pediatric patients with community-acquired MRSA otologic infections were identified during 1999.Tertiary care ear institution.All patients ...
F, Santos, L A, Mankarious, R D, Eavey
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Osteomyelitis with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Hospital Infection, 1986
We describe 10 patients with hospital-acquired osteomyelitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The patients were posttraumatic and eight had a foreign body in situ at the site of infection. Vancomycin therapy in association with radical debridement was followed by clinical and radiological cure in eight patients at 2-3.5 years follow ...
D J, Fitzpatrick, M T, Cafferkey, M, Toner, T, Beattie, C T, Keane   +4 more
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Nursing Standard, 1997
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has had a major impact on health care causing much anxiety and distress to patients and staff, and resulting in huge financial costs. It has been widely publicised by the media which in some cases has added to people's alarm.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Wound Care, 1996
A discussion detailing practical measures in patient care to aid the prevention and control of MRSA in hospital and the community
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—a reappraisal

Journal of Hospital Infection, 1991
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an intractable problem in many hospitals in the world.’ There is an overall ambivalence about how we should respond to the presence of MRSA in our hospitals. Indeed, in a recent editorial on MRSA, Haley posed the question ‘do we just have to live with it?‘.’ It is the purpose of this paper ...
C T, Keane, D C, Coleman, M T, Cafferkey
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Wound Care, 1996
This article examines some of the issues involved in the management and control of MRSA colonisation and infection in wounds
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Laryngitis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2010
Infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become more prevalent, in part because of the emergence and spread of community-acquired MRSA. This trend is particularly concerning because of the significant rates of morbidity and mortality associated with MRSA infections, and because MRSA strains are often resistant to many ...
Tracey, Liakos, Keith, Kaye, Adam D, Rubin   +2 more
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prostatitis

Urology, 2007
Prostatitis is a common condition that is associated with a poor quality of life. A recent National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel classified prostatitis into the categories of acute bacterial, chronic bacterial, chronic nonbacterial, and asymptomatic.
Thomas J, Beckman, Randall S, Edson
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