Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics

Jesper Larsen, Claire Raisen, Xiaoliang Ba, +61

Nature

Capturing the cloud of diversity reveals complexity and heterogeneity of MRSA carriage, infection and transmission

Gavin K. Paterson, Ewan M. Harrison, Gemma G. R. Murray, +12

Nature Communications

Novel mutations in penicillin-binding protein genes in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates that are methicillin resistant on susceptibility testing, but lack the mec gene

Xiaoliang Ba, Ewan M. Harrison, Giles Edwards, +8

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Comparative Geno-Plasticity Analysis of Mycoplasma bovis HB0801 (Chinese Isolate)

Jingjing Qi, Aizhen Guo, Peng Cui, +8

PLoS ONE

Chinese IsolateMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesEngineeringMycoplasma Bovis PneumoniaMedicine +12

Association between particulate matter (PM)2·5 air pollution and clinical antibiotic resistance: a global analysis

Zhenchao Zhou, Xinyi Shuai, Zejun Lin, +6

The Lancet Planetary Health

A novel hybrid SCCmec-mecC region in Staphylococcus sciuri

Ewan M. Harrison, Gavin K. Paterson, Matthew T. G. Holden, +9

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Genomic identification of cryptic susceptibility to penicillins and β-lactamase inhibitors in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Ewan M. Harrison, Xiaoliang Ba, Francesc Coll, +21

Nature Microbiology

Antimicrobial Drug DiscoveryAntimicrobial SusceptibilityHealth SciencesAntibioticsCryptic Susceptibility +13

Identification of LukPQ, a novel, equid-adapted leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus

Gerrit Koop, Manouk Vrieling, Daniel M. L. Storisteanu, +31

Scientific Reports

Truncation of GdpP mediates β-lactam resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Xiaoliang Ba, Lajos Kalmár, Nazreen F. Hadjirin, +8

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Epidemiology, evolution and cryptic susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in China: a whole-genome-based survey

Yan Chen, Lu Sun, Xiaoliang Ba, +13

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Antimicrobial Resistance GeneMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus AureusHealth SciencesMolecular EpidemiologyCryptic Susceptibility +10