Parallel Epidemics of Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusUSA300 Infection in North and South America

Evolution of hypervirulence by a MRSA clone through acquisition of a transposable element

(2014) Meredith A. Benson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Transferable Vancomycin Resistance in a Community-Associated MRSA Lineage

(2014) Flávia Rossi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Molecular tracing of the emergence, diversification, and transmission of S. aureus sequence type 8 in a New York community

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Functional Modularity of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Contributes to the Success of USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Lance R. Thurlow et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Molecular epidemiology and characterization of virulence genes of community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Colombia

(2013) Bibiana Chavarro Portillo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec: Recent advances and new insights

(2013) Anna C. Shore et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and speG-mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin

(2013) P. J. Planet et al.   mBio

Toward an Understanding of the Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 during Colonization in Community Households

(2012) Anne-Catrin Uhlemann et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

(2012) J. Natalia Jiménez et al.   PLoS One

Copper at the Front Line of the Host-Pathogen Battle

(2012) Richard A. Festa et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus From Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in US Emergency Department Patients, 2004 and 2008

(2011) D. A. Talan et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Staphylococcus aureus CsoR regulates both chromosomal and plasmid-encoded copper resistance mechanisms

(2011) Jonathan Baker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Arginine catabolic mobile element encoded speG abrogates the unique hypersensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to exogenous polyamines

(2011) Gauri S. Joshi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

How Many Bootstrap Replicates Are Necessary?

(2010) Nicholas D. Pattengale et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

The Pleiotropic CymR Regulator of Staphylococcus aureus Plays an Important Role in Virulence and Stress Response

(2010) Olga Soutourina et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2009) Jinnethe Reyes et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

ABySS: A parallel assembler for short read sequence data

(2009) J. T. Simpson et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300: origin and epidemiology

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

Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) M. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

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