Daptomycin Failure for Treatment of Pulmonary Septic Emboli in Native Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis by Hadeel Zainah, Marcus Zervos, Wassim Stephane, Sara Chamas Alhelo, Ghattas Alkhoury, Allison Weinmann

“…Daptomycin has been used with success for the treatment of right-sided methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) endocarditis. However, its efficacy has not been completely assessed for the treatment of MRSA endocarditis when it is associated with pulmonary septic emboli. …”
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Eugenol targeting CrtM inhibits the biosynthesis of staphyloxanthin in Staphylococcus aureus by Jiang Chang, Bo Chen, Zeqian Du, Bowen Zhao, Jiahui Li, Ziyi Li, Kannappan Arunachalam, Ting Shi, Dongqing Wei, Chunlei Shi

“…Especially the emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) increased the diff iculty of S. aureus treatment. …”
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Dengue Viral Myositis Complicated with Rhabdomyolysis and Superinfection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Vinothan Sunderalingam, Thirumavalavan Kanapathipillai, P. A. S. Edirisinghe, K. M. M. P. Dassanayake, I. H. G. S. Premawansa

“…Further occurrence of coinfection by dengue and bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been underestimated, and few reports have been published so far. …”
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Novel antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus without detectable resistance by targeting proton motive force and FtsH by She Pengfei, Yang Yifan, Li Linhui, Li Yimin, Xiao Dan, Guo Shaowei, Huang Guanqing, Wu Yong

“…Abstract The increased prevalence of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its biofilms poses a great threat to human health. …”
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Carriage Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poultry and Cattle in Northern Algeria by Saliha Bounar-Kechih, Mossadak Taha Hamdi, Hebib Aggad, Nacima Meguenni, Zafer Cantekin

“…Multiresistant and especially Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) poses a serious public health problem that requires their immediate identification and antibiotic resistance characteristics. …”
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Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Canadian Inner-City Shelter by Tom A Szakacs, Baldwin Toye, Jeffrey M Turnbull, Wendy Muckle, Virginia R Roth

“…BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization is increasingly of concern in community settings. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Medical Residents by Pascale Trépanier, Claude Tremblay, Annie Ruest

“…Furthermore, there are no data regarding MRSA colonization among health care professionals in Quebec.…”
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Efficacy of Contezolid in the Treatment of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Patient with Hepatorenal Syndrome and... by Zhang X, Huang H, Wang J, Wei B

“…Subsequently, his blood culture and catheter culture confirmed a catheter-related MRSA bloodstream infection. To address this complex clinical challenge, a novel oxazolidinone antibiotic, contezolid (800mg orally every 12 hours), was introduced into the patient’s anti-infection regimen. …”
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Differences in Method-Specific Vancomycin MICs and Induced Daptomycin Resistance in an Infective Endocarditis Patient by David Benjamin Lash, Jeremiah Joson, Arash Heidari

“…Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common nosocomial infection that has a high burden of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Predictors of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Results after Decolonization by Tennison L. Malcolm, Le Don Robinson, Alison K. Klika, Deepak Ramanathan, Carlos A. Higuera, Trevor G. Murray

“…Patients carrying MSSA and MRSA were treated preoperatively with mupirocin and vancomycin, respectively, along with the standard preoperative antibiotics and chlorhexidine body wipes. …”
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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in milk from dairy cows with chronic mastitis by Hayriye Yeşim Can, Mehmet Elmalı, Yaşar Ergün

“…., Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by multiplex PCR, and iii) to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates by disk diffusion method.…”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Docking-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Identify Potential Penicillin-Binding Protein 2a Inhibitors from... by Motahareh Masumi, Fatemeh Noormohammadi, Fatemeh Kianisaba, Fatemeh Nouri, Mohammad Taheri, Amir Taherkhani

“…Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) contains penicillin-binding protein 2a (SauPBP2a) responsible for catalyzing the peptidoglycan production within the bacterial cell wall. …”
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Postpartum-Isolated Native Pulmonic Valve Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Pelvic Abscess, Clavicle Osteomyelitis, and Polyarticula... by Daniela Navarrete, David Hannibal, Sachin M. Patil, Tarang Pankaj Patel, William Roland

“…Here, we report a young postpartum female patient with isolated native pulmonic valve MRSA IE with MRSA bacteremia and history of active injection drug use. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Synthesized ZnO@APTES Quantum Dots Exhibits Potent Antibacterial Efficacy Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Without Inducing Resistance by Du F, Niu J, Hong Y, Fang X, Geng Z, Liu J, Xu F, Liu T, Chen Q, Zhai J, Miao B, Liu S, Zhang Y, Chen Z

“…The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined to be 64 μg mL− 1 for Escherichia coli (E. coli) and 32 μg mL− 1 for MRSA. The ZnO@APTES QDs showed significant inhibition of MRSA biofilm formation and effectively disrupted mature biofilms. …”
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Biosynthesis and activity of Zn-MnO nanocomposite in vitro with molecular docking studies against multidrug resistance bacteria and inflammatory activators by Samy Selim, Tarek M. Abdelghany, Mohammed S. Almuhayawi, Mohammed K. Nagshabandi, Muyassar K. Tarabulsi, Mohammed Yagoub Mohammed Elamir, Asmaa A. Alharbi, Soad K. Al Jaouni

“…At 25 to 75% MIC, Zn-MnO nanocomposites exhibited antihemolytic activity with the maximum activity of 96.3% at 75% MIC in the presence of MRSA. Extensive molecular docking studies were performed to identify the optimal location for manganese oxide and zinc oxide nanoclusters binding to MRSA. …”
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Comparative In vitro antibacterial activity of nemonoxacin and other fluoroquinolones in correlation with resistant mechanisms in contemporary methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus... by Pao -Yu Chen, Mao-Wang Ho, Po-Liang Lu, Hung-Jen Tang, Cheng Len Sy, Jann-Tay Wang, Taiwan Staphylococcus aureus Consortium (TSAC)

“…Abstract Background Nemonoxacin is a new quinolone with an antibacterial efficacy against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Certain sequence types (STs) have been emerging in Taiwan, including fluoroquinolone-resistant ST8/USA300. …”
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Exploring northeast India’s culturable soil Actinomycetia for potent antibacterial agents against gram-positive bacterial pathogens of clinical importance by Aditya Narayan Konwar, Surajit Basak, Shalini Gurumayum, Jagat Chandra Borah, Debajit Thakur

“…The strain was further assayed against a panel of clinically important bacterial pathogens including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Its antimicrobial activity was confirmed using disc diffusion and membrane disruption assay, and its minimum inhibitory concentration was determined to be ≥ 3.12 ± 0.5 µg/ml against MRSA. …”
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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers by Andrea Saunders, Linda Panaro, Allison McGeer, Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Barbara M Willey, Denise Gravel, Erika Bontovics, Barbara Yaffe, Kevin Katz

“…BACKGROUND: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has increasingly been isolated from individuals with no predisposing risk factors; however, such strains have rarely been linked to outbreaks in the hospital setting. …”
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Molecular Detection of Panton Valentine Leukocidin Toxin in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Kiambu County, Kenya by Sani Iliya, Jonathan Mwangi, Ronald Maathai, Mary Muriuki, Christopher Wainaina

“…Presence of PVL toxin was tested from the 54 S. aureus clinical isolates obtained from Thika and Kiambu Level 5 Hospitals, in Kiambu County, Kenya, by Geno Type® MRSA assay (Hain Life Science, Nehren, Germany). …”
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Current Perspectives on Treatment of Gram-Positive Infections in India: What Is the Way Forward? by Atul P. Kulkarni, Vasant C. Nagvekar, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Anup R. Warrier, Deepak TS, Jaishid Ahdal, Rishi Jain

“…Apart from MRSA, rising prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), which ranges from 1 to 9% in India, has raised concerns. …”
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