Quorum sensing-mediated regulation of staphylococcal virulence and antibiotic resistance

Impact of agr dysfunction on virulence profiles and infections associated with a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) variant of the lineage ST1-SCCmec IV

(2013) Fabienne Antunes Ferreira et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Relationship between agr dysfunction and reduced vancomycin susceptibility in methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemia

(2013) Esther Viedma et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Agr function is upregulated by photodynamic therapy forStaphylococcus aureusand is related to resistance to photodynamic therapy

(2013) Hee Jeong Park et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Phenol-soluble modulins and staphylococcal infection

(2013) Andreas Peschel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Population Diversification in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms May Promote Dissemination and Persistence

(2013) Victoria J. Savage et al.   PLoS One

Structure of the signal transduction protein TRAP (target of RNAIII-activating protein)

(2012) Kim Henrick et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Staphylococcus epidermidis recovered from indwelling catheters exhibit enhanced biofilm dispersal and “self-renewal” through downregulation of agr

(2012) Lu Dai et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus autoinducer-2 quorum sensing decreases biofilm formation in an icaR-dependent manner

(2012) Dan Yu et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Vancomycin modulated autolysis inStaphylococcus aureus: does it vary with the susceptibility and planktonic or biofilm phenotype?

(2012) Rachna Singh et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

agr dysfunction and persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with removed eradicable foci

(2012) S.-Y. Park et al.   INFECTION

Comparison of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from prosthetic joint infections and commensal isolates in regard to antibiotic susceptibility, agr type, biofilm production, and epidemiology

(2012) Bengt Hellmark et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Nasal Carriage as a Source of agr-Defective Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

(2012) Davida S. Smyth et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

How Staphylococcus aureus biofilms develop their characteristic structure

(2012) S. Periasamy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The CshA DEAD-box RNA helicase is important for quorum sensing control inStaphylococcus aureus

(2012) Stella Oun et al.   RNA Biology

New approaches for treating staphylococcal biofilm infections

(2011) Megan R. Kiedrowski et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Interface Between Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus and Its Impact Upon Clinical Outcomes

(2011) D. R. Cameron et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Is There a Clinical Association of Vancomycin MIC Creep, agr Group II Locus, and Treatment Failure in MRSA Bacteremia?

(2011) Jorgelina T. de Sanctis et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

Downregulation of RNAIII in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains regardless of the presence of agr mutation

(2011) C. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Vaccine development for the prevention of staphylococcal mastitis in dairy cows

(2011) Gabriel Leitner et al.   VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureusbiofilms

(2011) Nathan K. Archer et al.   Virulence

The Staphylococcus aureus RNome and Its Commitment to Virulence

(2011) Brice Felden et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Increased Mortality with Accessory Gene Regulator (agr) Dysfunction inStaphylococcus aureusamong Bacteremic Patients

(2010) Marin L. Schweizer et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comment on: Densely adherent growth mode, rather than extracellular polymer substance matrix build-up ability, contributes to high resistance of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms to antibiotics

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Penetration of antibiotics through Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Novel listerial genetic loci conferring enhanced barotolerance in Escherichia coli

(2010) K.M. Considine et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice

(2010) Rong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Enhanced production of exopolysaccharide matrix and biofilm by a menadione-auxotrophic Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variant

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prospective Comparison of the Clinical Impacts of Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Susceptible MRSA

(2009) K. C. Horne et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Evolving concepts in biofilm infections

(2009) Luanne Hall-Stoodley et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Role of persisters and small-colony variants in antibiotic resistance of planktonic and biofilm-associated Staphylococcus aureus: an in vitro study

(2009) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis — the 'accidental' pathogen

(2009) Michael Otto   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Can filamentous fungi form biofilms?

(2009) Michael W. Harding et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcal biofilms impair wound healing by delaying reepithelialization in a murine cutaneous wound model

(2009) Clark F. Schierle et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

RNAIII-Independent Target Gene Control by the agr Quorum-Sensing System: Insight into the Evolution of Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Shu Y. Queck et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Discovery of a Quorum-Sensing Inhibitor of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcal Infections by Structure-Based Virtual Screening

(2008) M. D. Kiran et al.   MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2008) Blaise R. Boles et al.   PLoS Pathogens