Hermı́nia de Lencastre

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

Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

Simon R. Harris, Edward J. Feil, Matthew T. G. Holden et al. · Science · 2010 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +14

Tracking the <i>in vivo</i> evolution of multidrug resistance in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> by whole-genome sequencing

Michael Mwangi, Shang Wei Wu, Yanjiao Zhou et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 548 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

A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> pandemic

Matthew T. G. Holden, Li Yang Hsu, Kevin Kurt et al. · Genome Research · 2013 · 449 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17