Contamination of Public Buses with MRSA in Lisbon, Portugal: A Possible Transmission Route of Major MRSA Clones within the Community

Extensive Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between the Hospital and the Community in a Country with a High Prevalence of Nosocomial MRSA

(2013) Diana Espadinha et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States 2004–2008 Reveals the Rapid Expansion of USA300 Among Inpatients and Outpatients

(2012) F. Patrick O'Hara et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Characterization of Nasal and Blood Culture Isolates of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Patients in United States Hospitals

(2011) Fred C. Tenover et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The CEM-NET initiative: Molecular biology and epidemiology in alliance – Tracking antibiotic-resistant staphylococci and pneumococci in hospitals and in the community

(2011) Herminia de Lencastre et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Céline Coelho et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Genetic Variation in Spatio-Temporal Confined USA300 Community-Associated MRSA Isolates: A Shift from Clonal Dispersion to Genetic Evolution?

(2011) Neeltje Carpaij et al.   PLoS One

Seasonality of MRSA Infections

(2011) Leonard A. Mermel et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Roméo Rocha Simões 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

Prevalence and clonality of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the Atlantic Azores islands: predominance of SCCmec types IV, V and VI

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

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

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus immune evasion and virulence

(2010) Shawna F. Graves et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Community-Associated Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

(2009) Mukesh Patel   DRUGS

Bacterial contamination on touch surfaces in the public transport system and in public areas of a hospital in London

(2009) J.A. Otter et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED 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

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

Public transport as a reservoir of methicillin-resistant staphylococci

(2008) S. Stepanović et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY