Superbugs and Superdrugs: A history of MRSA
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Annotated and edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held on 11 July 2006, edited by Professor David Greenwood, University of Nottingham.
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Annotated and edited transcript of a Witness Seminar held on 11 July 2006. Introduction by Professor David Greenwood, University of Nottingham.First published by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2008.©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 2008.All volumes are freely available online at: www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/
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It is found that a single dose, or a regimen of 4-times daily for 2 days, eliminated nasal carriage of S. aureus within 24 h; 7 days after a single doses, 92% of the subjects were still cleared; 7 Days after the 2-day course, 96% remained free of nasal S.Aureus.
BMJReport on Clinical Use of BRL 1241 in Children with Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Infections
37 Citations1960Gordon T. Stewart, H.H. Nixon +8 more
A clinical trial, reported here, in children with staphylococcal and streptococcal infections, using synthetic derivatives of 6-aminopenicillanic acid based on sodium 6-(2,6 dimethoxybenzamido)penicillanate monohydrate found the compound to be of therapeutic importance.
The Medical Journal of AustraliaProperties of methicillin‐resistant staphylococci now endemic in Australia
36 Citations1982J Gedney, R. W. Lacey
Strains of MRSA obtained from Australian hospitals in 1981 resembled MRSA from other countries and were probably derived from them; in particular, they did not survive desiccation better than other staphylococci and produced lipases which might be responsible for their invasiveness.
BMJStaphylococcal Bacteraemia
35 Citations1960V. Faber, O Jessen +2 more
The present report deals with the cases of staphylococcal bacteraemia diagnosed in 1957 and 1958, and it is evident that the most common bacteria isolated are Staph.
BMJCombined rifampicin and erythromycin for bacterial endocarditis.
35 Citations1970M. C. Peard, D G Fleck +2 more
No regular structure resembling that of the long forms could be found in the rounded particles, which also have a wide range in size of about a mean of 20 nm, and might well result from fragmentation and structural disorientation of the longer type.
Epidemiology and InfectionThe Type Classification of <i>Staphylococcus Aureus</i>: a Comparison of Phage-Typing with Serological Typing
34 Citations1958Per Oeding, R. E. O. Williams
When sets of strains isolated in the investigation of epidemics or of the nose and skin carrier state of particular individuals were tested by the two methods, consistent results were obtained: an individual combination of phage-type and serotype appeared to be stable.
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