Structural Variations of Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecType IVa inStaphylococcus aureusClonal Complex 8 and Unrelated Lineages

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

(2011) Mette Damkjær Bartels et al.   PLoS One

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

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

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

(2010) Jonathan A Otter et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300: origin and epidemiology

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

A Common Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type IVa in Isolates from Copenhagen, Denmark, Is Not Detected by the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Assay

(2009) M. D. Bartels et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

spa typing directly from a mecA, spa and pvl multiplex PCR assay—a cost-effective improvement for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance

(2008) A.R. Larsen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

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