Is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus replacing methicillin-susceptible S. aureus?

E Mostofsky, M Lipsitch… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Despite extensive research on the emergence of and treatments for methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), prior studies have not rigorously evaluated the impact of …

Causative organisms and their antibiotic resistance patterns for childhood septic arthritis in China between 1989 and 2008

F Yu, H Liu, K Li, GH Lei, S Gao, Y Chen, T Liu - Orthopedics, 2011 - journals.healio.com
The goal of this study was to evaluate the array of causative organisms for septic arthritis in
children and their antibiotic resistance patterns over a 20-year period at a single medical …

The role of perioperative care in reducing rates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

C Byrne, A Hazlerigg, W Khan… - Journal of Perioperative …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is defined as any strain of
Staphylococcus aureus resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, including the penicillins and …