Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

AS Lee, H De Lencastre, J Garau… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Since the 1960s, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged,
disseminated globally and become a leading cause of bacterial infections in both health …

Recommendations for approaches to meticillin‐resistant staphylococcal infections of small animals: diagnosis, therapeutic considerations and preventative measures …

DO Morris, A Loeffler, MF Davis… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Multiple drug resistance (MDR) in staphylococci, including resistance to the
semi‐synthetic penicillinase‐resistant penicillins such as meticillin, is a problem of global …

The Changing Pattern of Population Structure of Staphylococcus aureus from Bacteremia in China from 2013 to 2016: ST239-030-MRSA Replaced by ST59-t437

S Li, S Sun, C Yang, H Chen, Y Yin, H Li… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
To investigate the epidemiology and genetic structure of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
in China, a total of 416 isolates from 22 teaching hospitals in 12 cities from 2013 and 2016 …

A shared population of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 15 circulates in humans and companion animals

EM Harrison, LA Weinert, MTG Holden, JJ Welch… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a global human health problem
causing infections in both hospitals and the community. Companion animals, such as cats …

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 …

Genomic insights into the fate of colistin resistance and Acinetobacter baumannii during patient treatment

ES Snitkin, AM Zelazny, J Gupta, TN Palmore… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
Bacterial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of human pathogens has provided
unprecedented insights into the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Most studies have focused …

Population-level mathematical modeling of antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review

AM Niewiadomska, B Jayabalasingham, JC Seidman… - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Mathematical transmission models are increasingly used to guide public health
interventions for infectious diseases, particularly in the context of emerging pathogens; …

Turning the tide or riding the waves? Impacts of antibiotic stewardship and infection control on MRSA strain dynamics in a Scottish region over 16 years: non-linear …

T Lawes, JM López-Lozano, C Nebot, G Macartney… - BMJ open, 2015 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To explore temporal associations between planned antibiotic stewardship and
infection control interventions and the molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant …

Limits to compensatory adaptation and the persistence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RC MacLean, T Vogwill - Evolution, medicine, and public Health, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotic resistance carries a fitness cost that could potentially limit the spread of resistance
in bacterial pathogens. In spite of this cost, a large number of experimental evolution studies …

The surge of hypervirulent ST398 MRSA lineage with higher biofilm-forming ability is a critical threat to clinics

H Lu, L Zhao, Y Si, Y Jian, Y Wang, T Li, Y Dai… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The global increase of community-associated (CA) infections with methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major healthcare problem. Although sequence type …