Yasuhisa Iwao

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

Emergence of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone in Japan

Yasuhiro Shibuya, Mitsuhiko Hara, Wataru Higuchi et al. · Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy · 2008 · 72 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +10

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

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

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

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17