Silkworm larvae as an animal model of bacterial infection pathogenic to humans

C Kaito, N Akimitsu, H Watanabe, K Sekimizu - Microbial pathogenesis, 2002 - Elsevier
Silkworm larvae, Bombyx mori, were examined as an animal model of human infection with
pathogenic bacteria. When 3× 107 cells of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) …

Does declaration of competing interests affect readers' perceptions? A randomised trial

S Chaudhry, S Schroter, R Smith, J Morris - BmJ, 2002 - bmj.com
Conflict of interest has been defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgment
concerning a primary interest (such as patient welfare or the validity of research) can be …

A new UK strain of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (EMRSA-17) resistant to multiple antibiotics

HM Aucken, M Ganner, S Murchan… - Journal of …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
An extensive outbreak in a hospital on the south coast of England in 2000, involving a multi-
resistant strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) phenotypically similar …

Risk factors for methicillin-resistance among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at the time of hospital admission

NA Rezende, HM Blumberg, SM Ray… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Background Community-acquired infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) seem to be increasing. Characteristics permitting recognition of patients with …

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the community: a survey from central Italy

G Zanelli, A Sansoni, A Zanchi, S Cresti… - Epidemiology & …, 2002 - cambridge.org
Recently, concern has increased regarding the spread of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community. We studied 812 subjects from central Italy …

Mortality from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in England and Wales: analysis of death certificates

NS Crowcroft, M Catchpole - Bmj, 2002 - bmj.com
Methods and results In 1993 redevelopment of the processing systems for death
registrations in England and Wales enabled death registration data to be analysed by all …

Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

TA Madani - Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence, demography and clinical characteristics of patients
who were colonized or infected with methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in …

[HTML][HTML] Fusidic Acid Cream for Impetigo: Fusidic acid should be used with restraint

EM Brown, R Wise - BMJ: British Medical Journal, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Editor—Yamey and Wilkes argue that questioning cancer screening, specifically prostate
specific antigen (PSA) screening can be a risky business in America. 1 My prostate cancer …

Genotyping of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Assaying for the Presence of Variable Elements Associated with mecA

F Huygens, GR Nimmo, J Schooneveldt… - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
The region surrounding mecA in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is
highly variable. We describe an approach for the rapid genotyping of MRSA by assaying for …

An aggressive policy of bilateral saphenous vein harvest for infragenicular revascularisation in the era of multidrug resistant bacteria

GJ Murphy, D Kipgen, MJS Dennis… - Postgraduate medical …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Background The success of infragenicular revascularisation for lower limb ischaemia is
limited by the high proportion of patients without ipsilateral long saphenous vein (LSV) of …