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

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 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

Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Adults and Children: Executive Summary

(2011) Catherine Liu et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

Super-sticky familial infections caused by Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive ST22 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Japan

(2011) Tatsuo Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

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

Emergence of Resistance among USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in the United States

(2010) L. K. McDougal et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 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

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

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

Comparative Analysis of Virulence and Toxin Expression of Global Community‐Associated Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureusStrains

(2010) Min Li et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The phage-related chromosomal islands of Gram-positive bacteria

(2010) Richard P. Novick et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Is a Very Potent Cytotoxic Factor for Human Neutrophils

(2010) Bettina Löffler et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2009)   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Diversity of Prophages in Dominant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Lineages

(2009) C. Goerke et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genetic Diversity of Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2009) Maria Miragaia et al.   PLoS One

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

The role of virulence determinants in community-associated MRSA pathogenesis

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