Detection of Epidemic USA300 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains by Use of a Single Allele-Specific PCR Assay Targeting a Novel Polymorphism of Staphylococcus aureus pbp3

Review of a major epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The costs of screening and consequences of outbreak management

(2012) Anneke van der Zee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Comparing Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis with Multilocus Sequence Typing,spaTyping, Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosomemec(SCCmec) Typing, and PCR for Panton-Valentine Leukocidin,arcA, andopp3in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates at a U.S. Medical Center

(2012) Michael Z. David et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus From Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in US Emergency Department Patients, 2004 and 2008

(2011) D. A. Talan et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evaluation of the BinaxNOW PBP2a assay for the direct detection of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood culture bottles

(2011) Maria Pilar Romero-Gómez et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Prevalence and Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus, Including Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Isolated from Bulk Tank Milk from Minnesota Dairy Farms

(2011) K. P. Haran et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic Variation in Spatio-Temporal Confined USA300 Community-Associated MRSA Isolates: A Shift from Clonal Dispersion to Genetic Evolution?

(2011) Neeltje Carpaij et al.   PLoS One

Emergence of Resistance among USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in the United States

(2010) L. K. McDougal et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

A mecA-Negative Strain of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with High-Level  -Lactam Resistance Contains Mutations in Three Genes

(2010) R. Banerjee et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

High Proportion of Wrongly Identified Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriers by Use of a Rapid Commercial PCR Assay Due to Presence of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Element Lacking the mecA Gene

(2010) D. S. Blanc et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300: origin and epidemiology

(2009) F. C. Tenover et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Basis for the Role of Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin Binding Protein 4 in Antimicrobial Resistance

(2009) V. Navratna et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Test as a Rapid Screening Method for Detection of MRSA in Nares

(2009) D. M. Wolk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Two Distinct Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the Same USA300 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Profile: a Potential Pitfall for Identification of USA300 Community-Associated MRSA

(2009) A. R. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Collected in 2005 and 2006 from Patients with Invasive Disease: a Population-Based Analysis

(2009) B. Limbago et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

(2009) Henry F. Chambers et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Are correctional facilities amplifying the epidemic of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

(2009) Justin T. Okano et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) M. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Staphylococcus aureus PBP4 Is Essential for  -Lactam Resistance in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Strains

(2008) G. Memmi et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecLinkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Contribution of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   PLoS One

Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Recent clonal expansion and diversification

(2008) A. D. Kennedy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The role of virulence determinants in community-associated MRSA pathogenesis

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY