High prevalence of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Portugal: evidence for the blurring of community–hospital boundaries

A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

(2013) M. T. G. Holden et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in elderly residents of care homes: colonization rates and molecular epidemiology

(2013) C. Horner et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Presence of arginine catabolic mobile element among community-acquired meticillin-resistantstaphylococcus aureusis linked to a specific genetic background

(2012) Linda Hedlund et al.   APMIS

USA300 abroad: global spread of a virulent strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) G.R. Nimmo   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Global epidemiology of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)

(2012) José R Mediavilla et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Varying fitness cost associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones governs clonal dynamic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) A. Horváth et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Epidemiological features, resistance genes, and clones among community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CO-MRSA) isolates detected in northern Spain

(2012) María González-Domínguez et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reduction of fluoroquinolone use is associated with a decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation rates: a 10 year study

(2012) M. Lafaurie et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Current concepts on the virulence mechanisms of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) R. R. Watkins et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

High Genetic Diversity among Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus in Europe: Results from a Multicenter Study

(2012) Joana Rolo et al.   PLoS One

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

Hospital-wide modification of fluoroquinolone policy and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rates: a 10-year interrupted time-series analysis

(2011) J.-J. Parienti et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Molecular Detection and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates from Dogs in Portugal

(2011) Céline Coelho et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

High Prevalence of EMRSA-15 in Portuguese Public Buses: A Worrisome Finding

(2011) Roméo Rocha Simões et al.   PLoS One

A Field Guide to Pandemic, Epidemic and Sporadic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Stefan Monecke et al.   PLoS One

Infeção por staphylococcus aureus meticilina-resistente da comunidade em Portugal

(2011) R. Nazareth et al.   Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Large screening of CA-MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus colonizing healthy young children living in two areas (urban and rural) of Portugal

(2010) Débora A Tavares et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Not Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)! A Clinician's Guide to Community MRSA - Its Evolving Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for Therapy

(2010) K. Chua et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology and Clinical Consequences of an Emerging Epidemic

(2010) M. Z. David et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

High prevalence of ST121 in community-associated methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus lineages responsible for skin and soft tissue infections in Portuguese children

(2010) T. Conceição et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections among children in an emergency department in Madrid, Spain

(2009) M. Daskalaki et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

First description of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CC30 and CC398 from swine in Portugal

(2009) Constança Pomba et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Molecular analysis and susceptibility patterns of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains circulating in the community in the Ligurian area, a northern region of Italy: emergence of USA300 and EMRSA-15 clones

(2009) Anna Marchese et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among a network of French private-sector community-based-medical laboratories

(2009) S. Maugat et al.   MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES

Susceptibility to the main antibiotics of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus strains identified in community acquired infections in France (MedQual, 2004–2007)

(2009) S. Thibaut et al.   MEDECINE ET MALADIES INFECTIEUSES

Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Colonization Among Patients and Healthcare Workers in a Portuguese Hospital: A Pre-intervention Study Toward the Control of MRSA

(2009) Maria L. Amorim et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Biogeography and Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Juan Fan et al.   PLoS One

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: an emerging threat in Spain

(2008) A. Manzur et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Emergence and Characterization of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccocus aureus Infections in Denmark, 1999 to 2006

(2008) A. R. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changing Patterns in Frequency of Recovery of Five Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Portuguese Hospitals: Surveillance over a 16-Year Period

(2008) M. Aires-de-Sousa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pigs and pig farmers

(2007) T. Khanna et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY