Duarte C. Oliveira

Multiplex PCR Strategy for Rapid Identification of Structural Types and Variants of the <i>mec</i> Element in Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermı́nia de Lencastre · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Update to the Multiplex PCR Strategy for Assignment of <i>mec</i> Element Types in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Catarina Milheiriço, Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermı́nia de Lencastre · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2007 · 500 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +11

Multiplex PCR strategy for subtyping the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: ‘SCCmec IV multiplex’

Catarina Milheiriço, Duarte C. Oliveira, Hermı́nia de Lencastre · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy · 2007 · 343 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +13

The evolution of methicillin resistance in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> : Similarity of genetic backgrounds in historically early methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates and contemporary epidemic clones

M. Inês Crisóstomo, Henrik Westh, Alexander Tomasz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 321 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology +13

The Evolution of Pandemic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> : Identification of Two Ancestral Genetic Backgrounds and the Associated <i>mec</i> Elements

Duarte C. Oliveira, Alexander Tomasz, Hermı́nia de Lencastre · Microbial Drug Resistance · 2001 · 301 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17