DNA microarray-based characterisation of Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Italy

Emergence of Resistance among USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in the United States

(2010) L. K. McDougal et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

(2010) Dan Yao et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Vancomycin-heteroresistant phenotype in invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates belonging to spa type 041

(2010) M. Monaco et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular Epidemiology of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-Positive Staphylococcus aureus in Spain: Emergence of the USA300 Clone in an Autochthonous Population

(2010) R. Blanco et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Emergence of Epidemic Clones of Sequence Type (ST) 22 and ST 772 in Mumbai, India

(2010) N. D'Souza et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Enhanced Discrimination of Highly Clonal ST22-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus IV Isolates Achieved by Combining spa, dru, and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing Data

(2010) A. C. Shore et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Frank R DeLeo et al.   LANCET

Molecular epidemiology of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe

(2010) Jonathan A Otter et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

(2009) Jinnethe Reyes et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The molecular epidemiology and evolution of the Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 in Western Australia

(2009) S. Monecke et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

What is MRSA?

(2009) A. Pantosti et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Is Not Associated with Enhanced Virulence in Experimental Invasive Disease Caused by the Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Genetic Background

(2009) C. P. Montgomery et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

Polyclonal multiply antibiotic-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Panton-Valentine leucocidin in England

(2009) M. J. Ellington et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Two Distinct Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the Same USA300 Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Profile: a Potential Pitfall for Identification of USA300 Community-Associated MRSA

(2009) A. R. Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Severe community-onset infections in healthy individuals caused by community-acquired MRSA in an Italian teaching hospital, 2006–2008

(2009) R. Baldan et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Structure and specific detection of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type VII

(2008) Wataru Higuchi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Pathotype and susceptibility profile of a community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain responsible for a case of severe pneumonia

(2008) Stefania Stefani et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Assignment ofStaphylococcus aureusisolates to clonal complexes based on microarray analysis and pattern recognition

(2008) Stefan Monecke et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiology of Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones Collected in France in 2006 and 2007

(2008) O. Dauwalder 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

An uncommon presentation for a severe invasive infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 in Italy: a case report

(2008) Piero Valentini et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials