Characterization of SCCmec type IV methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones increased in Japanese hospitals

Prevalence of skin infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus  in Japan, particularly in Ishigaki, Okinawa

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The recent emergence in hospitals of multidrug-resistant community-associated sequence type 1 and spa type t127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus investigated by whole-genome sequencing: Implications for screening

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Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Japanese secondary care facility

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Microbiological and molecular epidemiological analyses of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a tertiary care hospital in Japan

(2015) Shinya Inomata et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Increase in SCCmec type IV strains affects trends in antibiograms of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a tertiary-care hospital

(2015) Ayumu Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusIsolated from Skin and Pus Samples of Outpatients in Japan

(2015) Tetsuo Yamaguchi et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Livestock-Associated Methicillin Resistant and Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type (CC)1 in European Farmed Animals: High Genetic Relatedness of Isolates from Italian Cattle Herds and Humans

(2015) Patricia Alba et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Epidemiology and Identification of a Staphylococcus aureus Clone Causing Food Poisoning Outbreaks in Japan

(2014) Y. Sato'o et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from tertiary care hospitals in Tokyo, Japan

(2014) Hidemasa Nakaminami et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Replacement of HA-MRSA by CA-MRSA Infections at an Academic Medical Center in the Midwestern United States, 2004-5 to 2008

(2014) Michael Z. David et al.   PLoS One

A New Local Variant (ST764) of the Globally Disseminated ST5 Lineage of Hospital-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Carrying the Virulence Determinants of Community-Associated MRSA

(2013) Tomomi Takano et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The Global Spread of Healthcare-Associated Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: A Perspective From Asia

(2013) James S. Molton et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

National Surveillance of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in China Highlights a Still-Evolving Epidemiology with 15 Novel Emerging Multilocus Sequence Types

(2013) Meng Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular epidemiology of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Asia

(2013) Yu-Yu Chuang et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

Characterization of Nasal and Blood Culture Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Patients in United States Hospitals

(2011) Fred C. Tenover et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular characterization of spa type t127, sequence type 1 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pigs

(2011) A. Franco et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Rapid and Accurate Identification of Human-Associated Staphylococci by Use of Multiplex PCR

(2011) S. Hirotaki et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dissemination of multiple MRSA clones among community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections from Japanese children with impetigo

(2011) Ken Hisata et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: community transmission, pathogenesis, and drug resistance

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

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(2010) Frank R DeLeo et al.   LANCET

Genetic Diversity of Staphylocoagulase Genes (coa): Insight into the Evolution of Variable Chromosomal Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Shinya Watanabe et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of Virulence in Community‐Associated Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusPulsotypes USA300 and USA400 in a Rat Model of Pneumonia

(2008) Christopher P. Montgomery et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibilities of 273 exfoliative toxin-encoding-gene-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with impetigo in Japan

(2008) H. Nakaminami et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The role of virulence determinants in community-associated MRSA pathogenesis

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