Akihito Nishiyama

The emerging ST8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in the community in Japan: associated infections, genetic diversity, and comparative genomics

Yasuhisa Iwao, Tomomi Takano, Wei‐Chun Hung et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2012 · 84 citations

Genetic Diversity, Antimicrobial Resistance Gene, Molecular Epidemiology +13

Differential structure and activity between human and mouse intelectin-1: Human intelectin-1 is a disulfide-linked trimer, whereas mouse homologue is a monomer

Shoutaro Tsuji, Makiko Yamashita, Akihito Nishiyama et al. · Glycobiology · 2007 · 75 citations · Full text

A New Local Variant (ST764) of the Globally Disseminated ST5 Lineage of Hospital-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Carrying the Virulence Determinants of Community-Associated MRSA

Tomomi Takano, Wei‐Chun Hung, Michiko Shibuya et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2013 · 71 citations · Full text

New Local Variant, Microbial Pathogens, St5 Lineage +22

Healthcare- and Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Fatal Pneumonia with Pediatric Deaths in Krasnoyarsk, Siberian Russia: Unique MRSA's Multiple Virulence Factors, Genome, and Stepwise Evolution

Olga E. Khokhlova, Wei-Chun Hung, Tsai‐Wen Wan et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 52 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Klebsiella Pneumoniae, Mrsa Pneumonia Episodes +20

Genotypes, intrafamilial transmission, and virulence potential of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from children in the community

Kyoko Ozaki, Misao Takano, Wataru Higuchi et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2009 · 44 citations

Disease Resistance, Virulence Potential, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +12