In Vitro Activities of Mupirocin, Tigecycline, Ceftaroline, Vancomycin, Linezolid and Daptomycin in Clinical Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by E-Test Methodology
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54074#.VOBgLizQrzE Author(s) Priyal Chadha 1 , Noriel Mariano 2 , Vincent LaBombardi 3 , Sorana Segal-Maurer 2,4 , Carl Urban 2,4* Affiliation(s) 1 Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY, USA . 2 The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY, USA . 3 Department of Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA . 4 Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA . ABSTRACT Introduction: In 2013, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) designated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a serious threat. In addition to its intrinsic virulence, MRSA has become resistant to numerous antibacterial agents. In many instances, mupirocin is used empirically to decolonize patients harboring MRSA to decrease the possibility of progression to disease. In vitro susceptibility informat...