Published in J Microbiol Methods on September 01, 2002
Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus with DNA array technology. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.13
Impact of strain typing methods on assessment of relationship between paired nares and wound isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.94
External quality assessment of molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates by a network of laboratories. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.85
Amplified intergenic locus polymorphism as a basis for bacterial typing of Listeria spp. and Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 0.79
Recognition of SCCmec types according to typing pattern determined by multienzyme multiplex PCR-amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 0.77
Typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a university hospital setting by using novel software for spa repeat determination and database management. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 14.80
The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections. Lancet Infect Dis (2005) 9.80
Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus. N Engl J Med (2010) 8.50
Host polymorphisms in interleukin 4, complement factor H, and C-reactive protein associated with nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and occurrence of boils. J Infect Dis (2008) 7.45
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Europe, 1999-2002. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 6.00
Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers. Lancet (2004) 5.27
Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study. Lancet (2005) 5.01
Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of animal origin in humans. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 4.69
The population structure of Acinetobacter baumannii: expanding multiresistant clones from an ancestral susceptible genetic pool. PLoS One (2010) 4.19
Tackling antibiotic resistance. Nat Rev Microbiol (2011) 3.95
Standardization and interlaboratory reproducibility assessment of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-generated fingerprints of Acinetobacter baumannii. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 3.68
Interventions to reduce colonisation and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in intensive care units: an interrupted time series study and cluster randomised trial. Lancet Infect Dis (2013) 3.61
Frequent emergence and limited geographic dispersal of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 3.52
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes of Escherichia coli in chicken meat and humans, The Netherlands. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 3.37
Methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in pigs and humans. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 3.22
Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet Infect Dis (2005) 3.18
New method for typing Staphylococcus aureus strains: multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of polymorphism and genetic relationships of clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.96
Complexity reduction of polymorphic sequences (CRoPS): a novel approach for large-scale polymorphism discovery in complex genomes. PLoS One (2007) 2.92
Natural population dynamics and expansion of pathogenic clones of Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Invest (2004) 2.86
Mupirocin prophylaxis against nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus infections in nonsurgical patients: a randomized study. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.84
Identification of a new geographically widespread multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone from European hospitals. Res Microbiol (2004) 2.81
Reclassification of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage types. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.79
Species-level identification of isolates of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex by sequence analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA gene spacer region. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 2.75
Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2008) 2.69
A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution, and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic. Genome Res (2013) 2.59
Nasal colonization of humans with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CC398 with and without exposure to pigs. PLoS One (2009) 2.56
Ceftazidime-hydrolysing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) in Poland. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 2.49
Moraxella catarrhalis: from emerging to established pathogen. Clin Microbiol Rev (2002) 2.43
Adequacy of antimicrobial treatment and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in 9 Western European countries. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 2.39
Mycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis: a neglected infectious burden. Lancet Infect Dis (2004) 2.36
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in humans, Europe. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 2.35
The burden of Staphylococcus aureus infections on hospitals in the United States: an analysis of the 2000 and 2001 Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.33
Multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous detection of nine clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.32
Countrywide spread of CTX-M-3 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing microorganisms of the family Enterobacteriaceae in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 2.29
Molecular characterization of blaNDM-1 in an Acinetobacter baumannii strain isolated in Germany in 2007. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 2.26
The crucial role of Campylobacter jejuni genes in anti-ganglioside antibody induction in Guillain-Barre syndrome. J Clin Invest (2004) 2.25
The impact of enhanced cleaning within the intensive care unit on contamination of the near-patient environment with hospital pathogens: a randomized crossover study in critical care units in two hospitals. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.23
Rare occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC130 with a novel mecA homologue in humans in Germany. PLoS One (2011) 2.18
Comparison of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa typing, and multilocus sequence typing for clonal characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 2.16
Predicting the Staphylococcus aureus nasal carrier state: derivation and validation of a "culture rule". Clin Infect Dis (2004) 2.15
Validation of partial rpoB gene sequence analysis for the identification of clinically important and emerging Acinetobacter species. Microbiology (2009) 2.11
Molecular detection and identification of agents of eumycetoma: detailed report of two cases. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 2.06
Emergence of ArmA and RmtB aminoglycoside resistance 16S rRNA methylases in Belgium. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 2.04
A timescale for evolution, population expansion, and spatial spread of an emerging clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS Pathog (2010) 2.04
Diversity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes and their association with class 1 integrons among strains of pan-European Acinetobacter baumannii clones. J Med Microbiol (2004) 2.04
Resistance to cephalosporins and carbapenems in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Int J Med Microbiol (2010) 2.00
Emergence of carbapenem-non-susceptible extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates at the university hospital of Tübingen, Germany. J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.97
National trends in Staphylococcus aureus infection rates: impact on economic burden and mortality over a 6-year period (1998-2003). Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.96
Carriage of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the upper respiratory tract of symptomatic and asymptomatic children: an observational study. PLoS Med (2013) 1.95
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in meat products, the Netherlands. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.94
Long-term predominance of two pan-European clones among multi-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains in the Czech Republic. J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.93
Are host genetics the predominant determinant of persistent nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage in humans? J Infect Dis (2010) 1.92
Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the hospital. BMJ (2009) 1.90
Use of an automated multiple-locus, variable-number tandem repeat-based method for rapid and high-throughput genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.88
How many infections are caused by patient-to-patient transmission in intensive care units? Crit Care Med (2005) 1.87
Evaluation of real-time PCR for detection of and discrimination between Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, and Bordetella holmesii for clinical diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.85
Evaluation of molecular typing methods in characterizing a European collection of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains: the HARMONY collection. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.85
Current trends in rapid diagnostics for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and glycopeptide-resistant enterococcus species. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.81
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from pet animals and their relationship to human isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.78
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus containing the Panton-Valentine leucocidin gene in Germany in 2005 and 2006. J Antimicrob Chemother (2007) 1.77
Emergence of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 with KPC-2 in Poland. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.75
Predominance and emergence of clones of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.73
Characterization of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile isolates from outbreaks in different countries by amplified fragment length polymorphism and PCR ribotyping. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.73
Increasing incidence and widespread dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals in central Europe, with special reference to German hospitals. Clin Microbiol Infect (1997) 1.73
Horizontal gene transfer in a polyclonal outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.71
Emergence of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii in the Czech Republic is associated with the spread of multidrug-resistant strains of European clone II. J Antimicrob Chemother (2008) 1.71
Molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization in a burn unit: persistence of a multidrug-resistant clone and a silver sulfadiazine-resistant clone. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.70
Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections with PER-1 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in Warsaw, Poland: further evidence for an international clonal complex. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.70
Host- and tissue-specific pathogenic traits of Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.70
Bordetella holmesii DNA is not detected in nasopharyngeal swabs from Finnish and Dutch patients with suspected pertussis. J Med Microbiol (2006) 1.69
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from retail chicken meat and humans: comparison of strains, plasmids, resistance genes, and virulence factors. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.69
Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in different animal species. Int J Med Microbiol (2009) 1.69
Transcription of the phage-encoded Panton-Valentine leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus is dependent on the phage life-cycle and on the host background. Microbiology (2009) 1.66
Key role for clumping factor B in Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization of humans. PLoS Med (2008) 1.64