Methicillin Resistance Alters the Biofilm Phenotype and Attenuates Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Device-Associated Infections

Methicillin Resistance Reduces the Virulence of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Interfering With the agr Quorum Sensing System

(2012) Justine K. Rudkin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Loss of Function of the GdpP Protein Leads to Joint β-Lactam/Glycopeptide Tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) J. M. Griffiths et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Fate of Mutation Rate Depends onagrLocus Expression during Oxacillin-Mediated Heterogeneous-Homogeneous Selection in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Strains

(2011) Konrad B. Plata et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

c-di-AMP Is a New Second Messenger in Staphylococcus aureus with a Role in Controlling Cell Size and Envelope Stress

(2011) Rebecca M. Corrigan et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Transcription and Translation Products of the Cytolysin Gene psm-mec on the Mobile Genetic Element SCCmec Regulate Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

(2011) Chikara Kaito et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Essential Role for the Major Autolysin in the Fibronectin-Binding Protein-MediatedStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype

(2010) Patrick Houston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Repair of Global Regulators in Staphylococcus aureus 8325 and Comparative Analysis with Other Clinical Isolates

(2010) S. Herbert et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Offsetting virulence and antibiotic resistance costs by MRSA

(2010) James Collins et al.   ISME Journal

Role of Surface Protein SasG in Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) J. A. Geoghegan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Mutation of tagO reveals an essential role for wall teichoic acids in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm development

(2010) L. M. Holland et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Staphylococcus aureus Host Cell Invasion and Virulence in Sepsis Is Facilitated by the Multiple Repeats within FnBPA

(2010) Andrew M. Edwards et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2009)   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Interconnections between Sigma B, agr, and Proteolytic Activity in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Maturation

(2009) K. J. Lauderdale et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle-Dependent Attenuation of Staphylococcus aureus In Vivo Virulence by Selective Inhibition of Amino Acid Transport

(2009) Y. Zhu et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Development of homogeneous expression of resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains is functionally associated with a β-lactam-mediated SOS response

(2009) Arabela Cuirolo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Accessory Gene Regulator Dysfunction: An Advantage forStaphylococcus aureusin Health‐Care Settings?

(2009) George Sakoulas et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Extracellular proteases inhibit protein-dependent biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Miguel Martí et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

The giant extracellular matrix-binding protein ofStaphylococcus epidermidismediates biofilm accumulation and attachment to fibronectin

(2009) Martin Christner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of a Novel Staphylococcus Aureus Surface Protein (SasC) Involved in Cell Aggregation and Biofilm Accumulation

(2009) Katrin Schroeder et al.   PLoS One

Mobile Genetic Element-Encoded Cytolysin Connects Virulence to Methicillin Resistance in MRSA

(2009) Shu Y. Queck et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Staphylococcus aureus CcpA Affects Biofilm Formation

(2008) K. Seidl et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Protein A-Mediated Multicellular Behavior inStaphylococcus aureus

(2008) Nekane Merino et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Novel Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Phenotype Mediated by the Fibronectin-Binding Proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB

(2008) E. O'Neill et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle-Dependent Regulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Synthesis

(2008) M. R. Sadykov et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Prevalence ofagrDysfunction among ColonizingStaphylococcus aureusStrains

(2008) Bo Shopsin et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

agr function in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates

(2008) K. E. Traber et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A Novel Gene, fudoh, in the SCCmec Region Suppresses the Colony Spreading Ability and Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Chikara Kaito et al.   PLoS One

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

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