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D A Caugant

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1 Multilocus sequence typing: a portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 39.20
2 Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics. Appl Environ Microbiol 1986 24.31
3 Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis--one species on the basis of genetic evidence. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000 7.87
4 Genetic diversity and temporal variation in the E. coli population of a human host. Genetics 1981 7.35
5 Enzyme polymorphism and genetic population structure in Escherichia coli and Shigella. J Gen Microbiol 1983 7.28
6 Population genetics of pathogenic bacteria. Microb Pathog 1987 5.59
7 Intercontinental spread of a genetically distinctive complex of clones of Neisseria meningitidis causing epidemic disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986 5.39
8 Genetic structure of Neisseria meningitidis populations in relation to serogroup, serotype, and outer membrane protein pattern. J Bacteriol 1987 5.30
9 Multilocus genotypes determined by enzyme electrophoresis of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from patients with systemic disease and from healthy carriers. J Gen Microbiol 1986 5.05
10 Genetic diversity in relation to serotype in Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 1985 4.11
11 Antigenic and epidemiologic properties of the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis. J Infect Dis 1993 4.02
12 Clonal and antigenic analysis of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis with particular reference to epidemiological features of epidemic meningitis in the People's Republic of China. Infect Immun 1992 4.02
13 Meningococcal disease in The Netherlands, 1958-1990: a steady increase in the incidence since 1982 partially caused by new serotypes and subtypes of Neisseria meningitidis. Clin Infect Dis 1993 3.63
14 Genetic relationships and clonal structure of strains of Escherichia coli causing neonatal septicemia and meningitis. Infect Immun 1986 3.57
15 Phenotypic and genotypic changes in a new clone complex of Neisseria meningitidis causing disease in The Netherlands, 1958-1990. J Infect Dis 1994 3.50
16 Genetic diversity and relationships among strains of Escherichia coli in the intestine and those causing urinary tract infections. Prog Allergy 1983 3.12
17 Allelic polymorphism and site-specific recombination in the opc locus of Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Microbiol 1996 3.00
18 Fit genotypes and escape variants of subgroup III Neisseria meningitidis during three pandemics of epidemic meningitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001 2.66
19 Genotypic Diversity among Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994 2.58
20 Genetic structure of population of Bacillus cereus and B. thuringiensis isolates associated with periodontitis and other human infections. J Clin Microbiol 2000 2.39
21 Emergence of a virulent clone of Neisseria meningitidis serotype 2a that is associated with meningococcal group C disease in Canada. J Clin Microbiol 1991 2.38
22 Genetic diversity of Bacillus cereus/B. thuringiensis isolates from natural sources. Curr Microbiol 1998 2.21
23 Distribution of multilocus genotypes of Escherichia coli within and between host families. J Hyg (Lond) 1984 2.10
24 Genetic relationships and clonal population structure of serotype 2 strains of Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun 1987 2.04
25 Difference in structure between type b and nontypable Haemophilus influenzae populations. Infect Immun 1986 1.84
26 Resistance of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Archangel oblast, Russia, to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2005 1.80
27 Ongoing group B Neisseria meningitidis epidemic in São Paulo, Brazil, due to increased prevalence of a single clone of the ET-5 complex. J Clin Microbiol 1992 1.79
28 Meningitis caused by a serogroup W135 clone of the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis in West Africa. Trop Med Int Health 1998 1.78
29 Injectional anthrax in a heroin skin-popper. Lancet 2000 1.58
30 Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Norway. J Clin Microbiol 2001 1.54
31 Genetic diversity of penicillin G-resistant Neisseria meningitidis from Spain. Infect Immun 1989 1.50
32 Apparent differences in antimicrobial susceptibility as a consequence of national guidelines. Clin Microbiol Infect 2000 1.50
33 Meningococcal factor H-binding protein variants expressed by epidemic capsular group A, W-135, and X strains from Africa. J Infect Dis 2009 1.47
34 Characterization of epidemic and nonepidemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A strains from Sudan and Sweden. J Clin Microbiol 1990 1.45
35 Taxonomic relationships of the [Pasteurella] haemolytica complex as evaluated by DNA-DNA hybridizations and 16S rRNA sequencing with proposal of Mannheimia haemolytica gen. nov., comb. nov., Mannheimia granulomatis comb. nov., Mannheimia glucosida sp. nov., Mannheimia ruminalis sp. nov. and Mannheimia varigena sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 1.45
36 Molecular basis for distinction of the ET-15 clone within the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis. J Clin Microbiol 2000 1.41
37 Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Archangels, Russia. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002 1.37
38 Expression of an inaccessible P1.7 subtype epitope on meningococcal class 1 proteins. J Med Microbiol 1993 1.31
39 Application of multilocus enzyme gel electrophoresis to Haemophilus influenzae. Infect Immun 1986 1.30
40 Evaluation of recombinant transferrin-binding protein B variants from Neisseria meningitidis for their ability to induce cross-reactive and bactericidal antibodies against a genetically diverse collection of serogroup B strains. Infect Immun 1997 1.25
41 A new variant of serosubtype P1.16 in Neisseria meningitidis from Norway, associated with increased resistance to bactericidal antibodies induced by a serogroup B outer membrane protein vaccine. Microb Pathog 1993 1.25
42 Contamination pattern of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp. in a salmon slaughterhouse and smoked salmon processing plant. Int J Food Microbiol 1995 1.24
43 Epidemics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis of subgroup III in Africa, 1989-94. Epidemiol Infect 1996 1.20
44 Resident colonic Escherichia coli strains frequently display uropathogenic characteristics. J Infect Dis 1992 1.19
45 Characteristics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis responsible for an epidemic in Ethiopia, 1988-89. Scand J Infect Dis 1990 1.18
46 Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA genotyping of serogroup A meningococci yields results similar to those obtained by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and reveals new genotypes. J Clin Microbiol 1998 1.14
47 Genetic variation among Staphylococcus aureus strains from Norwegian bulk milk. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005 1.14
48 Structure and function of repetitive sequence elements associated with a highly polymorphic domain of the Neisseria meningitidis PilQ protein. Mol Microbiol 1998 1.13
49 Identification of nasopharyngeal carriage of an outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis versus phenotypic methods. J Med Microbiol 1998 1.13
50 Molecular polymorphism and epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis immunoglobulin A1 proteases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992 1.13
51 Allelic diversity of the two transferrin binding protein B gene isotypes among a collection of Neisseria meningitidis strains representative of serogroup B disease: implication for the composition of a recombinant TbpB-based vaccine. Infect Immun 2000 1.11
52 Emergence of a new virulent clone within the electrophoretic type 5 complex of serogroup B meningococci in Norway. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1995 1.10
53 Comparison of epidemiological marker methods for identification of Salmonella typhimurium isolates from an outbreak caused by contaminated chocolate. J Clin Microbiol 1989 1.08
54 Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A strains from an outbreak in France by serotype, serosubtype, multilocus enzyme genotype and outer membrane protein pattern. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1991 1.07
55 Differences in genetic diversity of nonecapsulated Haemophilus influenzae from various diseases. Microbiology 1997 1.06
56 Heterogeneity of tbpB, the transferrin-binding protein B gene, among serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis strains of the ET-5 complex. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1997 1.06
57 Genetic characterization of a new variant within the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis associated with outbreaks in various parts of the world. Epidemiol Infect 2000 1.06
58 Macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes in Norway: population structure and resistance determinants. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006 1.04
59 Disseminated Mycobacterium celatum (type 3) infection in a domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Vet Pathol 2001 1.04
60 Sequence variation in the porA gene of a clone of Neisseria meningitidis during epidemic spread. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2000 1.04
61 Molecular epidemiology of recent belgian isolates of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. J Clin Microbiol 1998 1.03
62 Characterization of strains of Neisseria meningitidis recovered from complement-sufficient and complement-deficient patients in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. J Clin Microbiol 1994 1.03
63 An epidemiologically valuable typing method for Neisseria meningitidis by analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. J Med Microbiol 1991 1.02
64 Risk factors for recent transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Eur Respir J 2003 1.01
65 Beta-lactamase production and antimicrobial susceptibility of subgingival bacteria from refractory periodontitis. Oral Microbiol Immunol 2004 1.00
66 Pathways of Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the meat processing industry. Int J Food Microbiol 1996 1.00
67 Pharyngeal carriage of serogroup W135 Neisseria meningitidis in Hajjees and their family contacts in Morocco, Oman and Sudan. APMIS 2005 0.99
68 Pulmonary tuberculosis in Norwegian patients. The role of reactivation, re-infection and primary infection assessed by previous mass screening data and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000 0.99
69 Clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from the Arkhangelsk region, Russia: antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology, and distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes. APMIS 2008 0.99
70 Characterization of serogroup A and B strains of Neisseria meningitidis with serotype 4 and 21 monoclonal antibodies and by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. J Clin Microbiol 1991 0.99
71 Emergence of a new clone of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis in São Paulo, Brazil. J Clin Microbiol 1992 0.96
72 Spread of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to penicillin and tetracycline within and between dairy herds. Epidemiol Infect 2002 0.96
73 Lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity and escape mechanisms of Neisseria meningitidis: possible consequences for vaccine development. Microb Pathog 1997 0.95
74 Serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis of clone III-1 present in western Norway as early as 1969-73. Scand J Infect Dis 1990 0.93
75 Genetic relationships among strains of Neisseria meningitidis causing disease in Italy, 1984-7. Epidemiol Infect 1991 0.91
76 Epidemic meningococcal meningitis, Cameroon. Emerg Infect Dis 2011 0.91
77 Genome stability of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis isolates. Curr Microbiol 2000 0.90
78 High case-fatality rates of meningococcal disease in Western Norway caused by serogroup C strains belonging to both sequence type (ST)-32 and ST-11 complexes, 1985-2002. Epidemiol Infect 2006 0.90
79 Systemic pneumococcal disease in Norway 1995-2001: capsular serotypes and antimicrobial resistance. Epidemiol Infect 2004 0.90
80 Molecular epidemiology of macrolide-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from blood and respiratory specimens in Norway. J Clin Microbiol 2005 0.90
81 Distribution of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS1301 in clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis. Epidemiol Infect 2000 0.90
82 A linear B-cell epitope on the class 3 outer-membrane protein of Neisseria meningitidis recognized after vaccination with the Norwegian group B outer-membrane vesicle vaccine. Microbiology 1995 0.88
83 The panmictic nature of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B during a period of endemic disease in Canada. Can J Microbiol 2001 0.88
84 Molecular characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Burkina Faso in 2001. Scand J Infect Dis 2002 0.87
85 Interpreting the rising incidence of meningococcal disease in Belgium: the contribution of molecular typing. J Med Microbiol 2001 0.87
86 Low occurrence of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli and staphylococci isolated from blood cultures in two Norwegian hospitals in 1991-92 and 1995-96. APMIS 1999 0.87
87 Differentiation of Listeria monocytogenes isolates by using plasmid profiling and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Int J Food Microbiol 1992 0.87
88 Meningococcal strains isolated from teenage patients during the serogroup B vaccination trial in Norway: serotyping, serosubtyping, immunotyping and clonal analysis. NIPH Ann 1991 0.86
89 A cluster of Legionnaires disease linked to an industrial plant in southeast Norway, June-July 2008. Euro Surveill 2008 0.85
90 An outer membrane vesicle vaccine for prevention of serogroup A and W-135 meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt. Scand J Immunol 2012 0.85
91 Characterisation of isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from acute, chronic and subclinical mastitis in cows in Norway. APMIS 2000 0.85
92 Outbreak of meningococcal disease in western Norway due to a new serogroup C variant of the ET-5 clone: effect of vaccination and selective carriage eradication. Epidemiol Infect 1999 0.84
93 Impact of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis on treatment outcome of culture-positive cases of tuberculosis in the Archangel oblast, Russia, in 1999. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2004 0.84
94 Antibiotic sensitivity still prevails in Norwegian blood culture isolates. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2001 0.84
95 Molecular epidemiological survey of Listeria monocytogenes in broilers and poultry products. J Appl Microbiol 2003 0.83
96 Meningitis outbreaks and vaccination strategy. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1997 0.82
97 Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in healthy Norwegian children attending day-care centres. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2006 0.82
98 Characteristics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in the Central African Republic in February 1992. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1994 0.82
99 Genotypic relationships among strains classified under the (Pasteurella) haemolytica-complex as indicated by ribotyping and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Zentralbl Bakteriol 1997 0.82
100 Tuberculosis in contacts need not indicate disease transmission. Thorax 2005 0.80
101 Similar superantigen gene profiles and superantigen activity in norwegian isolates of invasive and non-invasive group a streptococci. Scand J Immunol 2011 0.80
102 Molecular epidemiological survey of Listeria monocytogenes in seafoods and seafood-processing plants. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000 0.80
103 Epidemic spread of subgroup III of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A to South Africa in 1996. Clin Infect Dis 1998 0.80
104 Seroepidemiological study after a long-distance industrial outbreak of legionnaires' disease. Clin Vaccine Immunol 2009 0.80
105 Genomic rearrangements in neisseria meningitidis strains of the ET-5 complex. Curr Microbiol 2000 0.80
106 Differentiation of Moraxella nonliquefaciens, M. lacunata, and M. bovis by using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and hybridization with pilin-specific DNA probes. J Clin Microbiol 1992 0.80
107 Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal infections of children in Slovenia during 1993-1999. Cent Eur J Public Health 2001 0.80
108 Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis strains causing disease in complement-deficient and complement-sufficient patients. J Clin Microbiol 1998 0.79
109 Phenotypically similar clones of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis causing recurrent meningitis in a patient with total C5 deficiency. J Infect 1994 0.79
110 Avidity of serogroup A meningococcal IgG antibodies after immunization with different doses of a tetravalent A/C/Y/W135 polysaccharide vaccine. Scand J Immunol 2011 0.78
111 Molecular characteristics of pharyngeal and invasive emm3 Streptococcus pyogenes strains from Norway, 1988-2003. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2009 0.77
112 Population genetic analysis of oral treponemes by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1995 0.77
113 Redesignation of a purported P1.15 subtype-specific meningococcal monoclonal antibody as a P1.19-specific reagent. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 1999 0.76
114 Conventional and molecular investigation of meningococcal isolates in relation to two outbreaks in the area of Athens, Greece. Clin Microbiol Infect 2006 0.76
115 Do HIV-seropositive patients become colonised with drug-resistant microorganisms? Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2002 0.75
116 [Tuberculosis in Bergen 1996]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 1999 0.75
117 [Genotypes of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from patients in the Czech Republic]. Cesk Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 1992 0.75
118 Molecular characteristics and susceptibility to antibiotics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Senegal in 1999. Scand J Infect Dis 2000 0.75
119 [Meningococcal disease in Africa--epidemiology and prevention]. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 2000 0.75