The RpoB H481Y Rifampicin Resistance Mutation and an Active Stringent Response Reduce Virulence and Increase Resistance to Innate Immune Responses in Staphylococcus aureus

Genetic basis of rifampicin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus suggests clonal expansion in hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa

(2012) Melissa J Jansen van Rensburg et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Serine/Threonine Phosphatase Stp1 Contributes to Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin and Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) David R. Cameron et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Reduced Susceptibility to Host-Defense Cationic Peptides and Daptomycin Coemerge in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Daptomycin-Naive Bacteremic Patients

(2012) N. N. Mishra et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Whole Genome Characterization of the Mechanisms of Daptomycin Resistance in Clinical and Laboratory Derived Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Anton Y. Peleg et al.   PLoS One

Inactivation of Staphylococcal Phenol Soluble Modulins by Serum Lipoprotein Particles

(2012) Bas G. J. Surewaard et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mutation of RNA Polymerase β Subunit (rpoB) Promotes hVISA-to-VISA Phenotypic Conversion of Strain Mu3

(2011) Miki Matsuo et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In VitroCross-Resistance to Daptomycin and Host Defense Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

(2011) Nagendra N. Mishra et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Return of the Trojan horse: intracellular phenotype switching and immune evasion byStaphylococcus aureus

(2011) Christian Garzoni et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Staphylococcus aureusphenotype switching: an effective bacterial strategy to escape host immune response and establish a chronic infection

(2011) Lorena Tuchscherr et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Impact of rpoB Mutations on Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Yukiko Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of Multidrug Resistance during Staphylococcus aureus Infection Involves Mutation of the Essential Two Component Regulator WalKR

(2011) Benjamin P. Howden et al.   PLoS Pathogens

ppGpp Conjures Bacterial Virulence

(2010) Z. D. Dalebroux et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Novel insertion and deletion mutants of RpoB that render Mycobacterium smegmatis RNA polymerase resistant to rifampicin-mediated inhibition of transcription

(2010) V. Malshetty et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Two Novel Point Mutations in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Reduce Linezolid Susceptibility and Switch on the Stringent Response to Promote Persistent Infection

(2010) Wei Gao et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Characterisation of a Staphylococcus aureus strain with progressive loss of susceptibility to vancomycin and daptomycin during therapy

(2009) Fred C. Tenover et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Factors Influencing Time to Vancomycin‐Induced Clearance of Nonendocarditis Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia: Role of Platelet Microbicidal Protein Killing andagrGenotypes

(2009) Pamela A. Moise et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Selective reciprocity in antimicrobial activity versus cytotoxicity of hBD-2 and crotamine

(2009) N. Y. Yount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Persistent Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusBacteremia In Vitro and in an Experimental Endocarditis Model

(2008) Yan Q. Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Capsule polysaccharide is a bacterial decoy for antimicrobial peptides

(2008) E. Llobet et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

RNAIII-Independent Target Gene Control by the agr Quorum-Sensing System: Insight into the Evolution of Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Shu Y. Queck et al.   MOLECULAR CELL