Published in J Med Microbiol on January 01, 2006
Global genetic population structure of Bacillus anthracis. PLoS One (2007) 4.94
A flexible and efficient template format for circular consensus sequencing and SNP detection. Nucleic Acids Res (2010) 4.48
Strain-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames strain. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 2.33
Multiplex real-time PCR for rapid Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.72
Double-locus sequence typing using clfB and spa, a fast and simple method for epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.54
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
Staphylococcus aureus genotyping using novel real-time PCR formats. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.38
High-resolution DNA melt curve analysis of the clustered, regularly interspaced short-palindromic-repeat locus of Campylobacter jejuni. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.22
The utility of high-resolution melting analysis of SNP nucleated PCR amplicons--an MLST based Staphylococcus aureus typing scheme. PLoS One (2011) 1.18
Methicillin-susceptible, non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant and multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: a clinical, epidemiological and microbiological comparative study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 1.16
Systematic derivation of marker sets for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.06
Fingerprinting of Campylobacter jejuni by using resolution-optimized binary gene targets derived from comparative genome hybridization studies. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.02
Comparison of single- and multilocus sequence typing and toxin gene profiling for characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.00
Epidemiological tracking and population assignment of the non-clonal bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 0.97
Computer-aided identification of polymorphism sets diagnostic for groups of bacterial and viral genetic variants. BMC Bioinformatics (2007) 0.95
Novel erm(T)-carrying multiresistance plasmids from porcine and human isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 that also harbor cadmium and copper resistance determinants. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.94
Development of a multiplex primer extension assay for rapid detection of Salmonella isolates of diverse serotypes. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.94
Assignment of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates to clonal complexes using a small set of single nucleotide polymorphisms. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.94
Highly discriminatory single-nucleotide polymorphism interrogation of Escherichia coli by use of allele-specific real-time PCR and eBURST analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.93
Applicability of phylogenetic methods for characterizing the public health significance of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.91
High-resolution melting-curve analysis of obg gene to differentiate the temperature-sensitive Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine strain MS-H from non-temperature-sensitive strains. PLoS One (2014) 0.90
Prospective genotyping of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates by use of a novel, highly discriminatory binary typing system. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.86
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
Multiplexed genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates by use of padlock probes and tag microarrays. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 0.84
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
The Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine Leucocidin (pvl) in Central Australia, 2006-2010. BMC Infect Dis (2016) 0.79
Do Staphylococcus epidermidis Genetic Clusters Predict Isolation Sources? J Clin Microbiol (2016) 0.78
Specific detection of Campylobacter jejuni from faeces using single nucleotide polymorphisms. Epidemiol Infect (2006) 0.77
The current role of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) typing and the retrospective identification of outbreaks. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) (2012) 0.77
SNaPAfu: a novel single nucleotide polymorphism multiplex assay for aspergillus fumigatus direct detection, identification and genotyping in clinical specimens. PLoS One (2013) 0.77
Whole genome sequencing to investigate a putative outbreak of the virulent community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST93 clone in a remote Indigenous community. Microb Genom (2016) 0.75
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 13.83
Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae due to the New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 3.06
Phylogeographic reconstruction of a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer. BMC Biol (2009) 2.94
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
Community-associated strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus in indigenous Northern Australia: epidemiology and outcomes. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.20
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
Genetic diversity among community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains causing outpatient infections in Australia. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.03
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
Identification and interrogation of highly informative single nucleotide polymorphism sets defined by bacterial multilocus sequence typing databases. J Med Microbiol (2004) 1.72
Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in Queensland, Australia. Int J Infect Dis (2003) 1.68
A fatal case of necrotising pneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Med J Aust (2007) 1.61
Guidelines for reporting novel mecA gene homologues. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.54
A very early-branching Staphylococcus aureus lineage lacking the carotenoid pigment staphyloxanthin. Genome Biol Evol (2011) 1.51
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
Staphylococcus aureus genotyping using novel real-time PCR formats. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.38
The purple urine bag syndrome: a visually striking side effect of a highly alkaline urinary tract infection. Can Urol Assoc J (2011) 1.35
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.35
Molecular epidemiology of anthrax cases associated with recreational use of animal hides and yarn in the United States. PLoS One (2011) 1.32
Community-acquired MRSA bacteraemia: four additional cases including one associated with severe pneumonia. Med J Aust (2003) 1.30
Clinical correlates of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), PVL isoforms, and clonal complex in the Staphylococcus aureus population of Northern Australia. J Infect Dis (2010) 1.29
Nematode symbiont for Photorhabdus asymbiotica. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.26
Melt analysis of mismatch amplification mutation assays (Melt-MAMA): a functional study of a cost-effective SNP genotyping assay in bacterial models. PLoS One (2012) 1.26
Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a single institution over a 10-year period. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.25
High-resolution DNA melt curve analysis of the clustered, regularly interspaced short-palindromic-repeat locus of Campylobacter jejuni. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.22
The utility of high-resolution melting analysis of SNP nucleated PCR amplicons--an MLST based Staphylococcus aureus typing scheme. PLoS One (2011) 1.18
Genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni using seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms in combination with flaA short variable region sequencing. J Med Microbiol (2006) 1.17
Selection of SHV extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-dependent cefotaxime and ceftazidime resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae requires a plasmid-borne blaSHV gene. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.17
SPANDx: a genomics pipeline for comparative analysis of large haploid whole genome re-sequencing datasets. BMC Res Notes (2014) 1.16
Identification of type 3 fimbriae in uropathogenic Escherichia coli reveals a role in biofilm formation. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.16
Virulence properties of asymptomatic bacteriuria Escherichia coli. Int J Med Microbiol (2008) 1.15
bla(SHV) Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae: different allele distributions are associated with different promoters within individual isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.15
Phylogenetically distinct Staphylococcus aureus lineage prevalent among indigenous communities in northern Australia. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.14
High-resolution melting analysis of the spa repeat region of Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Chem (2008) 1.11
Peptide surface display and secretion using two LPXTG-containing surface proteins from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 1.10
Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Queensland Indigenous community. Med J Aust (2006) 1.10
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causes severe disseminated infection and deep venous thrombosis in children: literature review and recommendations for management. J Paediatr Child Health (2007) 1.08
Recurrent melioidosis in the Darwin Prospective Melioidosis Study: improving therapies mean that relapse cases are now rare. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.08
Prevalence of MRSA strains among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from outpatients, 2006. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep (2009) 1.08
Characterization of ceftazidime resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei from Australia. PLoS One (2012) 1.07
Factors associated with the isolation of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from a large municipal water system in Brisbane, Australia. BMC Microbiol (2013) 1.07
Identification and minisequencing-based discrimination of SHV beta-lactamases in nosocomial infection-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brisbane, Australia. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 1.07
Development of ceftazidime resistance in an acute Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Infect Drug Resist (2012) 1.06
Systematic derivation of marker sets for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec typing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.06
Lactobacillus fermentum BR11, a potential new probiotic, alleviates symptoms of colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in rats. Int J Food Microbiol (2006) 1.05
Isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from household water and shower aerosols in patients with pulmonary disease caused by NTM. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.04
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
Rapid detection of the H275Y oseltamivir resistance mutation in influenza A/H1N1 2009 by single base pair RT-PCR and high-resolution melting. PLoS One (2011) 1.02
Fingerprinting of Campylobacter jejuni by using resolution-optimized binary gene targets derived from comparative genome hybridization studies. Appl Environ Microbiol (2006) 1.02
High prevalence and two dominant host-specific genotypes of Coxiella burnetii in U.S. milk. BMC Microbiol (2014) 1.01
Mycobacterium lentiflavum in drinking water supplies, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.00
Escherichia coli isolates causing asymptomatic bacteriuria in catheterized and noncatheterized individuals possess similar virulence properties. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.00
Identification and characterization of the novel LysM domain-containing surface protein Sep from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 and its use as a peptide fusion partner in Lactobacillus and Lactococcus. Appl Environ Microbiol (2004) 1.00
Escherichia coli ST131 producing CTX-M-15 in Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.00
Microbiological applications of high-resolution melting analysis. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.98
Assessment of clinical risk predictive rules for invasive candidiasis in a prospective multicentre cohort of ICU patients. Intensive Care Med (2009) 0.97
Epidemiological tracking and population assignment of the non-clonal bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 0.97
Absence of an important vaccine and diagnostic target in carriage- and disease-related nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2013) 0.97
Virulence of endemic nonpigmented northern Australian Staphylococcus aureus clone (clonal complex 75, S. argenteus) is not augmented by staphyloxanthin. J Infect Dis (2013) 0.96
An attenuated strain of Bacillus anthracis (CDC 684) has a large chromosomal inversion and altered growth kinetics. BMC Genomics (2011) 0.96
Inactivation of an iron transporter in Lactococcus lactis results in resistance to tellurite and oxidative stress. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.95
Computer-aided identification of polymorphism sets diagnostic for groups of bacterial and viral genetic variants. BMC Bioinformatics (2007) 0.95
Comparison of TaqMan PCR assays for detection of the melioidosis agent Burkholderia pseudomallei in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.95
Assignment of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates to clonal complexes using a small set of single nucleotide polymorphisms. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.94
Mycobacterium abscessus isolated from municipal water - a potential source of human infection. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 0.93
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli genotyping by high-resolution melting analysis of a flaA fragment. Appl Environ Microbiol (2009) 0.93
Highly discriminatory single-nucleotide polymorphism interrogation of Escherichia coli by use of allele-specific real-time PCR and eBURST analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.93
High-resolution melting genotyping of Enterococcus faecium based on multilocus sequence typing derived single nucleotide polymorphisms. PLoS One (2011) 0.92
Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, are predominantly susceptible to aminoglycosides and macrolides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.92
Cystine uptake prevents production of hydrogen peroxide by Lactobacillus fermentum BR11. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2003) 0.91
Molecular phylogeny of Burkholderia pseudomallei from a remote region of Papua New Guinea. PLoS One (2011) 0.91