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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2003
|
13.83
|
|
2
|
Comparison of community- and health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
|
JAMA
|
2003
|
12.04
|
|
3
|
Association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying gene for Panton-Valentine leukocidin and highly lethal necrotising pneumonia in young immunocompetent patients.
|
Lancet
|
2002
|
10.26
|
|
4
|
Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease.
|
Infect Immun
|
2002
|
7.34
|
|
5
|
Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia.
|
Science
|
2007
|
7.06
|
|
6
|
Combination of multiplex PCRs for staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type assignment: rapid identification system for mec, ccr, and major differences in junkyard regions.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
7.03
|
|
7
|
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in France: emergence of a single clone that produces Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2002
|
5.75
|
|
8
|
Changing profile of infective endocarditis: results of a 1-year survey in France.
|
JAMA
|
2002
|
4.48
|
|
9
|
Global distribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin--positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 2006.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
3.98
|
|
10
|
Bacterial competition for human nasal cavity colonization: role of Staphylococcal agr alleles.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2003
|
3.51
|
|
11
|
Factors predicting mortality in necrotizing community-acquired pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus containing Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2007
|
3.31
|
|
12
|
Consensus sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
3.21
|
|
13
|
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes mediate Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin-induced lung inflammation and injury.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2010
|
3.05
|
|
14
|
Staphylococcus aureus RNAIII and the endoribonuclease III coordinately regulate spa gene expression.
|
EMBO J
|
2005
|
2.95
|
|
15
|
Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin directly targets mitochondria and induces Bax-independent apoptosis of human neutrophils.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2005
|
2.82
|
|
16
|
A community-wide outbreak of legionnaires disease linked to industrial cooling towers--how far can contaminated aerosols spread?
|
J Infect Dis
|
2005
|
2.38
|
|
17
|
Clinical and environmental distributions of Legionella strains in France are different.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
|
1.91
|
|
18
|
Molecular diagnosis of infective endocarditis by PCR amplification and direct sequencing of DNA from valve tissue.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.90
|
|
19
|
Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species.
|
Genome Res
|
2008
|
1.84
|
|
20
|
Effect of antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2007
|
1.84
|
|
21
|
High genetic variability of the agr locus in Staphylococcus species.
|
J Bacteriol
|
2002
|
1.78
|
|
22
|
Neutralization of Staphylococcus aureus Panton Valentine leukocidin by intravenous immunoglobulin in vitro.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.76
|
|
23
|
Pediatric bone and joint infections caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2007
|
1.64
|
|
24
|
A multicenter evaluation of genotypic methods for the epidemiologic typing of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1: results of a pan-European study.
|
Clin Microbiol Infect
|
1999
|
1.61
|
|
25
|
Use of multiplex PCR to identify Staphylococcus aureus adhesins involved in human hematogenous infections.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.61
|
|
26
|
Virulence determinants in community and hospital meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
|
J Hosp Infect
|
2007
|
1.57
|
|
27
|
Global distribution and evolution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, 1981-2007.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.54
|
|
28
|
Comparative prevalence of superantigen genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing sepsis with and without septic shock.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.53
|
|
29
|
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in Switzerland contains the Panton-Valentine leukocidin or exfoliative toxin genes.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
|
1.48
|
|
30
|
A history of Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-associated infection protects against death in PVL-associated pneumonia.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
1.48
|
|
31
|
Panton-valentine leukocidin enhances the severity of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus rabbit osteomyelitis.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.48
|
|
32
|
Detection of new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones containing the toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 gene responsible for hospital- and community-acquired infections in France.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.46
|
|
33
|
Quantitative real-time Legionella PCR for environmental water samples: data interpretation.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.44
|
|
34
|
Identification of the capsular polysaccharides in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates by PCR and agglutination tests.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.40
|
|
35
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus capitis with reduced vancomycin susceptibility causes late-onset sepsis in intensive care neonates.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.37
|
|
36
|
Epidemiology of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones collected in France in 2006 and 2007.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.35
|
|
37
|
Inactivation of mprF affects vancomycin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus.
|
Biochim Biophys Acta
|
2003
|
1.35
|
|
38
|
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive care unit.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.32
|
|
39
|
Extensive recombination events and horizontal gene transfer shaped the Legionella pneumophila genomes.
|
BMC Genomics
|
2011
|
1.32
|
|
40
|
Pneumonia and new methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2006
|
1.28
|
|
41
|
Clonal distribution and differential occurrence of the enterotoxin gene cluster, egc, in carriage- versus bacteremia-associated isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.27
|
|
42
|
Lethal necrotizing pneumonia caused by an ST398 Staphylococcus aureus strain.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.26
|
|
43
|
A multicenter evaluation of the Biotest legionella urinary antigen EIA.
|
Clin Microbiol Infect
|
1998
|
1.26
|
|
44
|
Panton-Valentine leukocidin: a marker of severity for Staphylococcus aureus infection?
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.25
|
|
45
|
Clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 cannot be distinguished by sequence analysis of two surface protein genes and three housekeeping genes.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.25
|
|
46
|
Staphylococcal enterotoxin-like toxins U2 and V, two new staphylococcal superantigens arising from recombination within the enterotoxin gene cluster.
|
Infect Immun
|
2006
|
1.24
|
|
47
|
A PCR-based method for monitoring Legionella pneumophila in water samples detects viable but noncultivable legionellae that can recover their cultivability.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2008
|
1.22
|
|
48
|
Panton-Valentine leukocidin does play a role in the early stage of Staphylococcus aureus skin infections: a rabbit model.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.22
|
|
49
|
Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to multiple antibiotics and carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in an Algiers hospital.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2006
|
1.22
|
|
50
|
Immunogenicity of toxins during Staphylococcus aureus infection.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.20
|
|
51
|
Staphylococcus aureus isolates associated with necrotizing pneumonia bind to basement membrane type I and IV collagens and laminin.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2004
|
1.16
|
|
52
|
Frequent carriage of Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes by Staphylococcus aureus isolates from surgically drained abscesses.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.15
|
|
53
|
Clonal complexes and virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus from several cities in India.
|
BMC Microbiol
|
2012
|
1.14
|
|
54
|
Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strain Paris: endemic distribution throughout France.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
1.14
|
|
55
|
Beta-lactams interfering with PBP1 induce Panton-Valentine leukocidin expression by triggering sarA and rot global regulators of Staphylococcus aureus.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2011
|
1.12
|
|
56
|
Clinical manifestations of staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome depend on serotypes of exfoliative toxins.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2005
|
1.11
|
|
57
|
Integrated real-time PCR for detection and monitoring of Legionella pneumophila in water systems.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.10
|
|
58
|
Toxin gene content of the Lyon methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone compared with that of other pandemic clones.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.10
|
|
59
|
Effects of subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on virulence factor expression by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
|
J Antimicrob Chemother
|
2013
|
1.09
|
|
60
|
Comparative inflammatory properties of staphylococcal superantigenic enterotoxins SEA and SEG: implications for septic shock.
|
J Leukoc Biol
|
2006
|
1.09
|
|
61
|
Population diversity of Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from various host species: typing by 16S-23S intergenic ribosomal DNA spacer polymorphism analysis.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2002
|
1.09
|
|
62
|
Panton-Valentine leucocidin and pneumonia.
|
Lancet Infect Dis
|
2013
|
1.09
|
|
63
|
Virulence determinants in Staphylococcus aureus and their involvement in clinical syndromes.
|
Curr Infect Dis Rep
|
2005
|
1.08
|
|
64
|
Evaluation of a nested-PCR-derived sequence-based typing method applied directly to respiratory samples from patients with Legionnaires' disease.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2009
|
1.08
|
|
65
|
Growth-phase-dependent mobility of the lvh-encoding region in Legionella pneumophila strain Paris.
|
Microbiology
|
2006
|
1.07
|
|
66
|
Staphylococcus aureus superantigens elicit redundant and extensive human Vbeta patterns.
|
Infect Immun
|
2009
|
1.06
|
|
67
|
Rapid detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin from clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus strains by real-time PCR.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2004
|
1.04
|
|
68
|
Differences in potential for selection of clindamycin-resistant mutants between inducible erm(A) and erm(C) Staphylococcus aureus genes.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
1.04
|
|
69
|
Community associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Singapore.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2005
|
1.03
|
|
70
|
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
|
|
71
|
Polymorphism of the Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and its possible link with the fitness of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
|
J Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.02
|
|
72
|
Progress in the surveillance and control of Legionella infection in France, 1998-2008.
|
Int J Infect Dis
|
2010
|
1.00
|
|
73
|
Lorraine strain of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, France.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2008
|
1.00
|
|
74
|
Skin and post-surgical wound infections due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
|
Clin Microbiol Infect
|
1995
|
1.00
|
|
75
|
Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides belong to accessory gene regulator group I or II.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2004
|
0.98
|
|
76
|
Comparative analyses of Legionella species identifies genetic features of strains causing Legionnaires' disease.
|
Genome Biol
|
2014
|
0.98
|
|
77
|
Thermonuclease gene as a target for specific identification of Staphylococcus intermedius isolates: use of a PCR-DNA enzyme immunoassay.
|
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
|
2005
|
0.97
|
|
78
|
Prompt and successful toxin-targeting treatment of three patients with necrotizing pneumonia due to Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying the Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.96
|
|
79
|
Staphylococcal exanthematous disease in a newborn due to a virulent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain containing the TSST-1 gene in Europe: an alert for neonatologists.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2003
|
0.95
|
|
80
|
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus delta-toxin production by whole-cell MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
81
|
Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus infections: report of 4 French cases.
|
Scand J Infect Dis
|
2006
|
0.93
|
|
82
|
Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected in Asunción, Paraguay.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
83
|
Panton-valentine leukocidin-positive and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a French multicenter prospective study in 2008.
|
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
|
2011
|
0.91
|
|
84
|
Host-related risk factors and clinical features of community-acquired legionnaires disease due to the Paris and Lorraine endemic strains, 1998-2007, France.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2009
|
0.91
|
|
85
|
Methicillin-susceptible, doxycycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Côte d'Ivoire.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2007
|
0.91
|
|
86
|
Rapid identification of Legionella species by mass spectrometry.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2009
|
0.91
|
|
87
|
Evaluation of propidium monoazide (PMA) treatment directly on membrane filter for the enumeration of viable but non cultivable Legionella by qPCR.
|
J Microbiol Methods
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
88
|
A histidine-to-arginine substitution in Panton-Valentine leukocidin from USA300 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus does not impair its leukotoxicity.
|
Infect Immun
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
89
|
Legionella pneumophila sequence type 1/Paris pulsotype subtyping by spoligotyping.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2012
|
0.89
|
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90
|
Aseptic meningitis after neurosurgery: a demonstration of bacterial involvement.
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Clin Microbiol Infect
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1996
|
0.88
|
|
91
|
Major West Indies MRSA clones in human beings: do they travel with their hosts?
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J Travel Med
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
92
|
Sudden death caused by Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin gene in a young girl.
|
BMJ Case Rep
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
93
|
Rise of CC398 lineage of Staphylococcus aureus among Infective endocarditis isolates revealed by two consecutive population-based studies in France.
|
PLoS One
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2012
|
0.85
|
|
94
|
Bacterial contamination rate of the anterior chamber during cataract surgery using conventional culture and eubacterial PCR.
|
Eur J Ophthalmol
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
95
|
community-acquired infection with healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the role of home nursing care.
|
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
|
2006
|
0.84
|
|
96
|
Community acquired MRSA in Europe.
|
BMJ
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
97
|
Identification of legionella in clinical samples.
|
Methods Mol Biol
|
2013
|
0.83
|
|
98
|
Panton-Valentine leucocidin associated Staphylococcus aureus infections.
|
BMJ
|
2009
|
0.83
|
|
99
|
Impact of sub-inhibitory antibiotics on fibronectin-mediated host cell adhesion and invasion by Staphylococcus aureus.
|
BMC Microbiol
|
2011
|
0.83
|
|
100
|
Clonal complex 398 methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: a frequent unspecialized human pathogen with specific phenotypic and genotypic characteristics.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.83
|
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101
|
Toxin profiling of Staphylococcus aureus strains involved in varicella superinfection.
|
J Clin Microbiol
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2010
|
0.83
|
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102
|
A novel flow cytometry-based assay for the quantification of Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to and invasion of eukaryotic cells.
|
J Microbiol Methods
|
2011
|
0.83
|
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103
|
Long-standing bacteremia and endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
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Clin Microbiol Infect
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1997
|
0.82
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104
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Association of necrotizing pneumonia with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus, regardless of methicillin resistance.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
105
|
Staphylococcal superantigens of the enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) for treatment of stage IIIb non-small cell lung cancer with pleural effusion.
|
Clin Chest Med
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
106
|
Early diagnosis of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome by detection of the TSST-1 Vbeta signature in peripheral blood of a 12-year-old boy.
|
Pediatr Infect Dis J
|
2008
|
0.81
|
|
107
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The signal peptide of Staphylococcus aureus panton valentine leukocidin LukS component mediates increased adhesion to heparan sulfates.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
0.81
|
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108
|
How to prevent transmission of MRSA in the open community?
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Euro Surveill
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2004
|
0.80
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109
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Adhesin and superantigen genes and the capacity of Staphylococcus aureus to colonize the infantile gut.
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J Infect Dis
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2011
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0.80
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110
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In vivo effect of adhesion inhibitor heparin on Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis in a murine pneumonia model.
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Intensive Care Med
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2008
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0.80
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111
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Analysis of the genetic diversity of Legionella by sequencing the 23S-5S ribosomal intergenic spacer region: from phylogeny to direct identification of isolates at the species level from clinical specimens.
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Microbes Infect
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2005
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0.80
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112
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Rifampicin-macrolide synergy against Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in human macrophages using a quantitative real-time PCR assay.
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Int J Antimicrob Agents
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2011
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0.80
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113
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Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 challenges the neuroprotective functions of the choroidal epithelium and induces neurotoxicity.
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J Infect Dis
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2006
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0.79
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114
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Comparison of adhesion and virulence of two predominant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones and clonal methicillin-susceptible S. aureus isolates.
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Infect Immun
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2008
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0.78
|
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115
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Zinc-dependent cytoadherence of Legionella pneumophila to human alveolar epithelial cells in vitro.
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Microb Pathog
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2007
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0.78
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116
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Emergence of a new clone carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type V among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Greece.
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Scand J Infect Dis
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2008
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0.78
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117
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The high diversity of MRSA clones detected in a university hospital in istanbul.
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Int J Med Sci
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2013
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0.78
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118
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Assessment of cellular immune parameters in paediatric toxic shock syndrome: a report of five cases.
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FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
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2012
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0.77
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119
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T-cell response to superantigen restimulation during menstrual toxic shock syndrome.
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FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol
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2011
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0.77
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120
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Early kinetics of the transcriptional response of human leukocytes to staphylococcal superantigenic enterotoxins A and G.
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Microb Pathog
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2009
|
0.77
|
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121
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The Panton-Valentine leukocidin is a virulence factor in a murine model of necrotizing pneumonia.
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J Infect Dis
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2010
|
0.77
|
|
122
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Prediction of the origin of French Legionella pneumophila strains using a mixed-genome microarray.
|
BMC Genomics
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
123
|
Specific identification of Staphylococcus aureus by Staphychrom II, a rapid chromogenic staphylocoagulase test.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
124
|
Panton-Valentine leukocidin, exfoliative toxins, and skin infections.
|
Arch Dermatol
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
125
|
Two cases of fatal shock after transfusion of platelets contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus: role of superantigenic toxins.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
126
|
Characterization of the Legionella anisa population structure by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
127
|
Childhood pustular psoriasis associated with Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing Staphylococcus aureus.
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Pediatr Dermatol
|
2007
|
0.75
|
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128
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Skin findings of Staphylococcus aureus toxin-mediated infection in relation to toxin encoding genes.
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Pediatr Infect Dis J
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2013
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0.75
|
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129
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First case of intrafamily transmission of a new MRSA clone with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1.
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Scand J Infect Dis
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2008
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0.75
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