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Impact of USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Clinical Outcomes of Patients With Pneumonia or Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

(2012) F. C. Lessa et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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(2012) G.R. Nimmo   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

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(2012) José R Mediavilla et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Children in a Community with Low Antimicrobial Pressure in Japan

(2012) Taketo Otsuka et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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(2012) D. J. Hetem et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

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(2012) N. Urushibara et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

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(2012) A. Sanchini et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

The emerging ST8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in the community in Japan: associated infections, genetic diversity, and comparative genomics

(2012) Yasuhisa Iwao et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States 2004–2008 Reveals the Rapid Expansion of USA300 Among Inpatients and Outpatients

(2012) F. Patrick O'Hara et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Characterization of PVL/ACME-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Genotypes ST8-MRSA-IV and ST5-MRSA-II) Isolated from a University Hospital in Japan

(2012) Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Characterization of a Novel Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecComposite Island with Significant Homology to Staphylococcus epidermidis ACME Type II in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Genotype ST22-MRSA-IV

(2011) Anna C. Shore et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Prevalence and Sequence Variation of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains in the United States

(2011) Megan L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing severe furuncles and carbuncles in Japan

(2011) Yoshiko MINE et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

A new staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec IV encoding a novel cell-wall-anchored surface protein in a major ST8 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Japan

(2011) Yasuhisa Iwao et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Virulence Factors and Genetic Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Isolates in Myanmar

(2011) Meiji Soe Aung et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Molecular Characteristics of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Hokkaido, Northern Main Island of Japan: Identification of Sequence Types 6 and 59 Panton-Valentine Leucocidin–Positive Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

An Unexpected Location of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) in a USA300-Related MRSA Strain

(2011) Mette Damkjær Bartels et al.   PLoS One

A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Stefan Monecke et al.   PLoS One

First outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 harboring the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes among Japanese health care workers and hospitalized patients

(2010) Miki Nagao et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Identification and Characterization of the Multidrug Resistance Gene cfr in a Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Sequence Type 8 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus IVa (USA300) Isolate

(2010) A. C. Shore et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

(2010) M. Z. David et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

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(2010) François Barbier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Distinct Bacteriophages Encoding Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) among International Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Harboring PVL

(2010) E. Boakes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidural abscess caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 in Japan

(2010) Masaaki Higashiyama et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Emergence of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in a Japanese child, demonstrating multiple divergent strains in Japan

(2010) Wataru Higuchi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Spread of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone among family members in Japan

(2010) Shizuka Yabe et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

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(2010) Tatsuo Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

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(2010) Frank R DeLeo et al.   LANCET

Modeling the Invasion of Community‐Acquired Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusinto Hospitals

(2009) Erica M. C. D’Agata et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Intra-strain variability of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains ST228-MRSA-I and ST5-MRSA-II

(2009) S. Monecke et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300: origin and epidemiology

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

Two Different Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Phage Lineages Predominate in Japan

(2008) X. X. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Emergence of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in Japan

(2008) Yasuhiro Shibuya et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION 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

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