Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: molecular characterization, evolution, and epidemiology

S Lakhundi, K Zhang - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus, a major human pathogen, has a collection of virulence factors and
the ability to acquire resistance to most antibiotics. This ability is further augmented by …

Updates on community acquired pneumonia management in the ICU

GB Nair, MS Niederman - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
While the world is grappling with the consequences of a global pandemic related to SARS-
CoV-2 causing severe pneumonia, available evidence points to bacterial infection with …

Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults

LA Mandell, RG Wunderink, A Anzueto… - Clinical infectious …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Improving the care of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
the focus of many different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for …

Resistance to antibiotics: are we in the post-antibiotic era?

AJ Alanis - Archives of medical research, 2005 - Elsevier
Serious infections caused by bacteria that have become resistant to commonly used
antibiotics have become a major global healthcare problem in the 21st century. They not …

Bad bugs need drugs: an update on the development pipeline from the Antimicrobial Availability Task Force of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

GH Talbot, J Bradley, JE Edwards Jr… - Clinical infectious …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Antimicrobial Availability Task Force (AATF) of the Infectious Diseases Society
of America (IDSA) has viewed with concern the decreasing investment by major …

Combination of Multiplex PCRs for Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type Assignment: Rapid Identification System for mec, ccr, and Major Differences in …

Y Kondo, T Ito, XX Ma, S Watanabe… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCC mec) typing, in combination with
genotyping of the Staphylococcus aureus chromosome, has become essential for defining …

The evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

RH Deurenberg, EE Stobberingh - Infection, genetics and evolution, 2008 - Elsevier
A broad variety of infections, ranging from minor infections of the skin to post-operative
wound infections can be caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The adaptive power of S …

Global fluoroquinolone resistance epidemiology and implictions for clinical use

A Dalhoff - Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper on the fluoroquinolone resistance epidemiology stratifies the data according to
the different prescription patterns by either primary or tertiary caregivers and by indication …

Staphylococcus aureus: Overview of bacteriology, clinical diseases, epidemiology, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic approach

A Gnanamani, P Hariharan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - books.google.com
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen that causes wide range of
infectious conditions both in nosocomial and community settings. The Gram-positive …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

RH Deurenberg, C Vink, S Kalenic, AW Friedrich… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2007 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus is a potentially pathogenic bacterium that causes a broad spectrum
of diseases. S. aureus can adapt rapidly to the selective pressure of antibiotics, and this has …