Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
"Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is non-susceptible to the action of METHICILLIN. The mechanism of resistance usually involves modification of normal or the presence of acquired PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEINS.
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D055624
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.300.390.400.800.750.100.500 B03.353.500.750.750.100.500 B03.510.100.750.750.100.500 B03.510.400.790.750.100.500
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" by people in Profiles.
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Random variation drives a critical bias in the comparison of healthcare-associated infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 09; 44(9):1396-1402.
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Diagnosis and Management of Cellulitis and Abscess in the Emergency Department Setting: An Evidence-Based Review. J Emerg Med. 2022 Jan; 62(1):16-27.
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The SHIELD Orange County Project: Multidrug-resistant Organism Prevalence in 21 Nursing Homes and Long-term Acute Care Facilities in Southern California. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 10 15; 69(9):1566-1573.
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The Guide to Patient Safety for Health Care-Associated Infections. Ann Intern Med. 2019 10 01; 171(7_Suppl):S7-S9.
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Decolonization to Reduce Postdischarge Infection Risk among MRSA Carriers. N Engl J Med. 2019 02 14; 380(7):638-650.
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Endoscopic culture-directed antibiotic therapy: Impact on patient symptoms in chronic rhinosinusitis. Am J Otolaryngol. 2015 Sep-Oct; 36(5):642-6.
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Delineating the Epidemiology-Host-Microbe Relationship for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection. J Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 15; 211(12):1857-9.
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Anatomic sites of colonization with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep; 35(9):1192-4.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone as a cause of Lemierre's syndrome. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May; 49(5):2063-6.
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Validity of ICD-9-CM coding for identifying incident methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections: is MRSA infection coded as a chronic disease? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Feb; 32(2):148-54.