Characterization of Heterogeneous MRSA and MSSA with Reduced Susceptibility to Chlorhexidine in Kuwaiti Hospitals

Prevalence of qacA/B Genes and Mupirocin Resistance Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates in the Setting of Chlorhexidine Bathing Without Mupirocin

(2016) David K. Warren et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

The qacC Gene Has Recently Spread between Rolling Circle Plasmids of Staphylococcus, Indicative of a Novel Gene Transfer Mechanism

(2016) Trudy M. Wassenaar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Shifts in the Clonal Distribution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Kuwait Hospitals: 1992-2010

(2016) Samar S. Boswihi et al.   PLoS One

Epidemiology of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatology Ward

(2015) Yvonne Achermann et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

A Novel Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecType XI Primer for Detection ofmecC-Harboring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Directly from Screening Specimens

(2015) Sabine Petersdorf et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genotypes and phenotypes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates recovered from bacteremia

(2015) Sung-Pin Tseng et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Clinical and molecular characteristics of invasive community-acquired Staphylococcus aureusinfections in Chinese children

(2014) Yanhong Qiao et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genome sequencing defines phylogeny and spread of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusin a high transmission setting

(2014) Steven Y.C. Tong et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Evaluation of Epidemiological Cut-Off Values Indicates that Biocide Resistant Subpopulations Are Uncommon in Natural Isolates of Clinically-Relevant Microorganisms

(2014) Ian Morrissey et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of the clonal profile of MRSA isolated in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of a University Hospital

(2014) Valéria Cataneli Pereira et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Evaluation of Reduced Susceptibility to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Bisbiguanides in Clinical Isolates and Laboratory-Generated Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Leonardo Furi et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

NorA efflux pump inhibitory activity of coumarins from Mesua ferrea

(2013) Somendu K. Roy et al.   FITOTERAPIA

Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus in Ireland from 2002 to 2011: 21 Clones, Frequent Importation of Clones, Temporal Shifts of Predominant Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Clones, and Increasing Multiresistance

(2013) A. C. Shore et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): global epidemiology and harmonisation of typing methods

(2012) Stefania Stefani et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Reduced susceptibility to chlorhexidine in staphylococci: is it increasing and does it matter?

(2012) C. Horner et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

High prevalence of qacA/B carriage among clinical isolates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia

(2012) M.N. Shamsudin et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Quantifying Type-Specific Reproduction Numbers for Nosocomial Pathogens: Evidence for Heightened Transmission of an Asian Sequence Type 239 MRSA Clone

(2012) Ben S. Cooper et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Evidence for a purifying selection acting on the β-lactamase locus in epidemic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Catarina Milheiriço et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage, virulence traits, antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and genetic lineages in healthy humans in Spain, with detection of CC398 and CC97 strains

(2011) Carmen Lozano et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

(2010) S. R. Harris et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular characterization and susceptibility of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from hospitals and the community in Vladivostok, Russia

(2009) T. Baranovich et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in food samples of animal origin in Spain

(2009) C. Lozano et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Reemergence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the genomics era

(2009) Frank R. DeLeo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION