Takeshi Okubo

Novel Characteristics of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains Belonging to Multilocus Sequence Type 59 in Taiwan

Tomomi Takano, Wataru Higuchi, Taketo Otsuka et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2007 · 169 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +14

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 · 85 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +16

Key adhesin gene in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Taketo Otsuka, Kohei Saito, Soshi Dohmae et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2006 · 46 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics +12

Hemocompatibility of a hydrodynamic levitation centrifugal blood pump

Takashi Yamane, Osamu Maruyama, Masahiro NISHIDA et al. · Journal of Artificial Organs · 2007 · 25 citations

Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics +9

Evolution and virulence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive ST30 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the past 30 years in Japan

Hirokazu Isobe, Tomomi Takano, Akihito Nishiyama et al. · Biomedical Research · 2012 · 24 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17