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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) News

Infection Control Certification May Lower MRSA Rates A California hospital survey finds that board certification of infection control staff is associated with lower MRSA bloodstream infection rates.
Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2012
ECCMID Two Thirds of Mupirocin-Resistant MRSA Wrongly Treated A United Kingdom-based study shows that two thirds of patients with mupirocin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus are receiving the wrong treatment, predisposing them to bacteremia.
Medscape Medical News, April 6, 2012

Screening Protocol Detects MRSA Before Open Airway Surgery
Medscape Medical News, February 21, 2012
SCCM High Vancomycin MICs in MRSA Patients Signal Endocarditis
Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2012
SCCM Obese Patients Often Get Wrong Vancomycin Dose in the ED
Reuters Health Information, February 13, 2012
Linezolid Has Benefits in Nosocomial MRSA Pneumonia: Study
Reuters Health Information, January 24, 2012

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Perspectives

Are You Ready for Molecular Testing in Infection Control? Find out why you should include your facility's laboratory director on the infection control committee.
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), May 7, 2012
Staphylococcus aureus With High Vancomycin MICs Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, offers his thoughts on the latest research regarding vancomycin to treat S aureus when MICs are elevated.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, April 19, 2012

What Increases the Risk for Persistent MRSA After Decolonization?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, March 6, 2012
Antibiotic History and MRSA in Children
Medscape Pediatrics, February 21, 2012
How Should MRSA Skin Infections Be Managed in Children?
Medscape Nurses, February 13, 2012
When Staph Won't Go Away: Recurrent Boils
Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 18, 2012

Journals

Costs and Benefits of Rapid Screening of MRSA in ICU
Critical Care, May 11, 2012
Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Caused by ESKAPE Organisms
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, April 25, 2012
10 Things Hospitalists Should Know About Infectious Diseases
The Hospitalist, April 23, 2012
Pressure Ulcers Colonized by MRSA as Bacteremia Reservoir
Wounds, March 29, 2012
Management of Multidrug-resistant Microorganisms
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, January 15, 2012

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