CC8 MRSA Strains Harboring SCCmec Type IVc are Predominant in Colombian Hospitals

Spread of Epidemic MRSA-ST5-IV Clone Encoding PVL as a Major Cause of Community Onset Staphylococcal Infections in Argentinean Children

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Novel Types of Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecElements Identified in Clonal Complex 398 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

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Evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Latin America

(2010) Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Frank R DeLeo et al.   LANCET

Nosocomial infections caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Colombia

(2009) Carlos Arturo Alvarez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Classification of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec): Guidelines for Reporting Novel SCCmec Elements

(2009)   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Dissemination of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusUSA300 Sequence Type 8 Lineage in Latin America

(2009) Jinnethe Reyes et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

Waves of resistance: Staphylococcus aureus in the antibiotic era

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

Are Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains Replacing Traditional Nosocomial MRSA Strains?

(2008) K. J. Popovich et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, eastern Argentina

(2008) Noella Gardella et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Emergence of SCCmec Type IV as the Most Common Type of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a University Hospital

(2008) A. M. Strandén et al.   INFECTION

The evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Ruud H. Deurenberg et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Emergence and Dissemination of a Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Panton-Valentine Leucocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus Clone Sharing the Sequence Type 5 Lineage with the Most Prevalent Nosocomial Clone in the Same Region of Argentina

(2008) C. Sola et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

MRSA USA300 Clone and VREF — A U.S.–Colombian Connection?

(2008) Cesar A. Arias et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE