Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and the molecular characteristics of MRSA bacteraemia over a two-year period in a …

PS Sit, CSJ Teh, N Idris, IC Sam, SF Syed Omar… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an established
pathogen that causes hospital-and community-acquired infections worldwide. The …

Novel SCCmec type XV (7A) and two pseudo-SCCmec variants in foodborne MRSA in China

W Wang, Y Hu, M Baker, T Dottorini, H Li… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) elements are highly
diverse and have been classified into 14 types. Novel SCC mec variants have been …

Metal nanoparticles assisted revival of Streptomycin against MDRS Staphylococcus aureus

N Ghaffar, S Javad, MA Farrukh, AA Shah… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The ability of microorganisms to generate resistance outcompetes with the generation of
new and efficient antibiotics. Therefore, it is critically required to develop novel antibiotic …

Staphylococcus aureus ST121: a globally disseminated hypervirulent clone

Q Rao, W Shang, X Hu, X Rao - Journal of medical …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacterial infections in hospitals and
communities worldwide. With the development of typing methods, several pandemic clones …

Molecular characterization and virulence gene profiling of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with bloodstream infections in southern China

R Zhao, X Wang, X Wang, B Du, K Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes an enormous illness burden,
including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), pneumonia, bloodstream infections (BSI) …

Self-medication of antibiotics: investigating practice among university students at the Malaysian National Defence University

M Haque, NAA Rahman, J McKimm… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Self-medication of drugs to alleviate symptoms is a common global behavior,
helping relieve burdens on health services, but many drugs eg, antibiotics are prescription …

Management of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections with a focus on patients at high risk of treatment failure

A Pulido-Cejudo, M Guzman-Gutierrez… - Therapeutic …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last 25 years, the terminology of skin and soft tissue infections, as well as their
classification for optimal management of patients, has changed. The so-called and recently …

Increasing prevalence of hypervirulent ST5 methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus subtype poses a serious clinical threat

Y Jian, L Zhao, N Zhao, HY Lv, Y Liu, L He… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a clinical pathogen of great significance causing
metastatic or complicated infections. ST5 clonotype isolates have dominated S. aureus …

Pandemic fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli clone ST1193 emerged via simultaneous homologous recombinations in 11 gene loci

V Tchesnokova, M Radey… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Global growth in antibiotic resistance is a major social problem. A high level of resistance to
fluoroquinolones requires the concurrent presence of at least 3 mutations in the target …

Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Retail Ready-to-Eat Foods in China

X Yang, J Zhang, S Yu, Q Wu, W Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus aureus, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), is a life-
threatening pathogen in humans, and its presence in food is a public health concern. MRSA …