Multilocus Sequence Typing for Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Clones of<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Mark C. Enright, Nicholas Day, Catrin E. Davies, +2

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Typing of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in a University Hospital Setting by Using Novel Software for <i>spa</i> Repeat Determination and Database Management

Dag Harmsen, Heike Claus, Wolfgang Witte, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United States

Michael J. Richards, Jonathan R. Edwards, David H. Culver, +1

Critical Care Medicine

Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

Simon R. Harris, Edward J. Feil, Matthew T. G. Holden, +12

Science

Intercontinental SpreadDominant StrainMolecular EpidemiologyHealthcare-associated InfectionGlobal Geographic Structure +9

Multiplex PCR Assay for Simultaneous Detection of Nine Clinically Relevant Antibiotic Resistance Genes in<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Birgit Strommenger, Christiane Kettlitz, Guido Werner, +1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Simultaneous DetectionAntibiotic Resistance ProfilesAntibiotic ResistanceBacterial PathogensDrug Resistance +14

Methicillin-resistant<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>in Europe, 1999–2002

Edine Tiemersma, S L A M Bronzwaer, Outi Lyytikäinen, +6

Emerging infectious diseases

Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome <i>mec</i> (SCC <i>mec</i> ) Typing of Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Strains Isolated in 11 Asian Countries: a Proposal for a New Nomenclature for SCC <i>mec</i> Elements

Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue, +7

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Antimicrobial Resistance GeneNumerous Mrsa ClonesHealth SciencesAntimicrobial SusceptibilityPathology +12

Development of a PCR Assay for Identification of Staphylococci at Genus and Species Levels

Francis Martineau, François J. Picard, Danbing Ke, +4

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Clonal Distribution of Superantigen Genes in Clinical<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Isolates

Silva Holtfreter, Dorothee Grumann, Mareike Schmudde, +9

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Redefining a Structural Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome <i>mec</i> , SCC <i>mec</i> Type VI

Duarte C. Oliveira, Catarina Milheiriço, Hermı́nia de Lencastre

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

CytogeneticsGeneticsGenetic EpidemiologyHuman PolymorphismMolecular Biology +19