Published in Int J Infect Dis on December 01, 2003
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A field guide to pandemic, epidemic and sporadic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One (2011) 4.59
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Use of a single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping system to demonstrate the unique epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in remote aboriginal communities. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.43
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.35
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The molecular epidemiology of the highly virulent ST93 Australian community Staphylococcus aureus strain. PLoS One (2012) 0.94
Characterisation of Australian MRSA strains ST75- and ST883-MRSA-IV and analysis of their accessory gene regulator locus. PLoS One (2010) 0.93
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The multifaceted resources and microevolution of the successful human and animal pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2014) 0.90
Diversity of community acquired MRSA carrying the PVL gene in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 0.84
Life-threatening infection due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and review. Eur J Pediatr (2009) 0.84
Epidemiology of non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in Queensland, Australia: associations with indigenous populations and Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 0.83
Risk factors for community-associated Staphylococcus aureus skin infection in children of Maui. Hawaii J Med Public Health (2012) 0.82
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Samoa, 2007-2008. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 0.82
Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in an Australian cohort, 1989-2003: evidence for the low prevalence of the toxic shock toxin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 0.80
Molecular Characterization of a Prevalent Ribocluster of Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus from Orthopedic Implant Infections. Correspondence with MLST CC30. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2016) 0.77
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Transmission of highly virulent community-associated MRSA ST93 and livestock-associated MRSA ST398 between humans and pigs in Australia. Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
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Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae due to the New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.06
The etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in Australia: why penicillin plus doxycycline or a macrolide is the most appropriate therapy. Clin Infect Dis (2008) 2.39
Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a major cause of mortality in Australia and New Zealand. Med J Aust (2009) 2.16
Further evidence that the IS481 target is suitable for real-time PCR detection of Bordetella pertussis. Pathology (2013) 2.13
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotyping using a small set of polymorphisms. J Med Microbiol (2006) 1.87
Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: an urgent call to action at the Antimicrobial Resistance Summit 2011. Med J Aust (2011) 1.86
Detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus by real-time RT-PCR. J Clin Virol (2009) 1.75
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Australian community: an evolving epidemic. Med J Aust (2006) 1.73
A fatal case of necrotising pneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Med J Aust (2007) 1.61
Non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Sydney, Australia: emergence of EMRSA-15, Oceania, Queensland and Western Australian MRSA strains. Pathology (2006) 1.44
Staphylococcus aureus genotyping using novel real-time PCR formats. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.38
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Australia. Int J Antimicrob Agents (2008) 1.37
Genomic insights to control the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. MBio (2013) 1.37
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.35
Community-acquired MRSA bacteraemia: four additional cases including one associated with severe pneumonia. Med J Aust (2003) 1.30
Nematode symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.26
Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a single institution over a 10-year period. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.25
The dominant Australian community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST93-IV [2B] is highly virulent and genetically distinct. PLoS One (2011) 1.16
Identification of type 3 fimbriae in uropathogenic Escherichia coli reveals a role in biofilm formation. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.16
bla(SHV) Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae: different allele distributions are associated with different promoters within individual isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.15
Virulence properties of asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli. Int J Med Microbiol (2008) 1.15
Community-acquired pneumonia due to pandemic A(H1N1)2009 influenzavirus and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus co-infection. PLoS One (2010) 1.12
Prevalence of MRSA strains among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from outpatients, 2006. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2009) 1.08
Identification and minisequencing-based discrimination of SHV beta-lactamases in nosocomial infection-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brisbane, Australia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.07
Rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin in clinical specimens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunochromatographic tests. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.03
Escherichia coli isolates causing asymptomatic bacteriuria in catheterized and noncatheterized individuals possess similar virulence properties. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.00
Escherichia coli ST131 producing CTX-M-15 in Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.00
Survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from two hospitals in El Paso, Texas. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.00
Eradication of a large outbreak of a single strain of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium at a major Australian teaching hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2004) 1.00
Assessment of clinical risk predictive rules for invasive candidiasis in a prospective multicentre cohort of ICU patients. Intensive Care Med (2009) 0.97
A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian hospital. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.96
Hyperexpression of α-hemolysin explains enhanced virulence of sequence type 93 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Microbiol (2014) 0.95
Prevalence of MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients, 2005: report from the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2007) 0.93
Genome sequencing and molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus ST772-MRSA-V, "Bengal Bay Clone". BMC Res Notes (2013) 0.93
Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from cats and dogs. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 0.92
Illness severity in community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection and the presence of virulence genes. J Infect Dis (2012) 0.91
Staphylococcus aureus ST398 detected in pigs in Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2014) 0.90
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Western Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 0.90
mecA Locus diversity in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Brisbane, Australia, and the development of a novel diagnostic procedure for the Western Samoan phage pattern clone. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 0.90
Identification of novel vaccine candidates against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS One (2013) 0.90
Post-exposure passive immunisation for preventing measles. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 0.89
Genetic organization of mecA and mecA-regulatory genes in epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Australia and England. J Antimicrob Chemother (2002) 0.88
A Novel Duplex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR Assay for the Detection of Influenza A and the Novel Influenza A(H1N1) Strain. Viruses (2009) 0.88
Molecular analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm-associated protein. Appl Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.88
Convergent adaptation in the dominant global hospital clone ST239 of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MBio (2015) 0.88
Distribution of SCCmec-associated phenol-soluble modulin in staphylococci. Mol Cell Probes (2012) 0.87
Genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by assaying for the presence of variable elements associated with mecA. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 0.86
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients, 2009: report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2011) 0.85
Control of an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Australia after introduction of environmental cleaning with a commercial oxidizing disinfectant. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2010) 0.85
Proteome analysis of highly immunoreactive proteins of Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter (2002) 0.85
Single clinical isolates from acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections are representative of dominant in situ populations. MBio (2014) 0.84
Enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance in the era of ceftriaxone resistance: a real-time PCR assay for direct detection of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae H041 strain. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 0.84
Laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: microbiologists (should) do it with culture. Pathology (2009) 0.84
Post-exposure passive immunisation for preventing rubella and congenital rubella syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2015) 0.84
Screening for H7N9 influenza A by matrix gene-based real-time reverse-transcription PCR. J Virol Methods (2013) 0.82
Molecular characterization of endocarditis-associated Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.81
Detection of HBsAg mutants in a population with a low prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection. J Med Virol (2007) 0.81
Macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B resistance in a dominant clone of Australian community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 0.80
A PCR method for the identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from screening swabs. Pathology (2004) 0.80
Epidemiology and outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Australian hospitals, 2005-06: report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2007) 0.79
Typing early Australian healthcare-associated MRSA: confirmation of major clones and emergence of ST1-MRSA-IV and novel ST2249-MRSA-III. Pathology (2013) 0.79
Cousins, siblings, or copies: the genomics of recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infections in chronic rhinosinusitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol (2014) 0.79
Bordetella holmesii and pertussis diagnosis: authors' reply. Pathology (2013) 0.79
Recent appearance of clindamycin resistance in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in south-east Queensland. Med J Aust (2002) 0.79
Alterations in phage-typing patterns in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus. J Med Microbiol (2003) 0.79
Emergence and molecular characterization of clonal complex 398 (CC398) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New Zealand. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 0.79
In vitro exposure of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains to vancomycin: does vancomycin resistance occur? Int J Antimicrob Agents (2006) 0.78
Improved detection of genetic markers of antimicrobial resistance by hybridization probe-based melting curve analysis using primers to mask proximal mutations: examples include the influenza H275Y substitution. J Antimicrob Chemother (2012) 0.78
Identification of Photorhabdus asymbiotica in cases of human infection. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2003) 0.78
The influence of target population on nonculture-based detection of markers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance. Sex Health (2012) 0.78
Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Australian children. J Paediatr Child Health (2010) 0.77
Increased EMRSA-15 health-care worker colonization demonstrated in retrospective review of EMRSA hospital outbreaks. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2014) 0.77
Predominance of VREfm ST203 subgroup in Queensland. Pathology (2013) 0.77
Rapid detection of H and R Panton-Valentine leukocidin isoforms in Staphylococcus aureus by high-resolution melting analysis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 0.77
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing orbital cellulitis in Australian children. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2011) 0.76
Intrafamilial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 0.75
Clonal Expansion of New Penicillin-Resistant Clade of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clonal Complex 11, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2017) 0.75
Can interchangeability of lincosamides be assumed in clinical practice? Comparative MICs of clindamycin and lincomycin for Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 0.75
Spatial analysis of community-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in Queensland, Australia. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 0.75
A comparative assessment of two conservative methods for the diagnosis of catheter-related infection in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med (2012) 0.75