Published in Lancet Infect Dis on April 01, 2010
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Infection prevention and control interventions in the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in an equine hospital in Sweden. Acta Vet Scand (2012) 0.83
Differences in Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and molecular characteristics among community residents and healthcare workers at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Southern China. BMC Infect Dis (2015) 0.83
Prevalence of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive S. aureus in general practice patients with skin and soft tissue infections in the northern and southern regions of The Netherlands. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 0.83
Previous healthcare exposure is the main antecedent for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on hospital admission in Belgium. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 0.81
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Community-Associated Staphylococcus aureus from Sub-Saharan Africa and Germany: A Cross-Sectional Geographic Correlation Study. Sci Rep (2017) 0.77
Antibacterial Evaluation of Synthetic Thiazole Compounds In Vitro and In Vivo in a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Skin Infection Mouse Model. PLoS One (2015) 0.77
Comparative genome-scale modelling of Staphylococcus aureus strains identifies strain-specific metabolic capabilities linked to pathogenicity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2016) 0.77
Targeting Multidrug-resistant Staphylococci with an anti-rpoA Peptide Nucleic Acid Conjugated to the HIV-1 TAT Cell Penetrating Peptide. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids (2016) 0.77
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A correlative analysis of epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones from diverse geographic locations with virulence measured by a Caenorhabditis elegans host model. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2012) 0.76
EDIN-B Promotes the Translocation of Staphylococcus aureus to the Bloodstream in the Course of Pneumonia. Toxins (Basel) (2015) 0.76
Prostatic abscesses and severe sepsis due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin. BMC Infect Dis (2014) 0.75
Monitoring the spread of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in The Netherlands from a reference laboratory perspective. J Hosp Infect (2016) 0.75
Prevalence of nasal colonisation by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers and students in Madagascar. BMC Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
A Mouse Model of Multi-Drug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced Ocular Disease. J Ocul Biol (2016) 0.75
Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana. PeerJ (2017) 0.75
Can methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevalence from dairy cows in India act as potential risk for community-associated infections?: A review. Vet World (2017) 0.75
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An outbreak in intravenous drug users due to USA300 Latin-American variant community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in France as early as 2007. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2017) 0.75
High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Largest Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Costa Rica. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2017) 0.75
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The role played by contaminated surfaces in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.65
Lack of association of tcdC type and binary toxin status with disease severity and outcome in toxigenic Clostridium difficile. J Infect (2011) 1.45
Mandatory reporting and improvements in diagnosing Clostridium difficile infection: an incompatible dichotomy? J Infect (2011) 1.43
Lack of effect of strain type on detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile by glutamate dehydrogenase and polymerase chain reaction. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 1.28
Evidence that contaminated surfaces contribute to the transmission of hospital pathogens and an overview of strategies to address contaminated surfaces in hospital settings. Am J Infect Control (2013) 1.24
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Validation of the IDI-MRSA system for use on pooled nose, axilla, and groin swabs and single swabs from other screening sites. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 1.01
Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in diarrheal stools by rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2010) 1.00
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An association between bacterial genotype combined with a high-vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration and risk of endocarditis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. Clin Infect Dis (2011) 0.96
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Low frequency of environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an inner city emergency department and a human immunodeficiency virus outpatient clinic. Am J Infect Control (2011) 0.77
Glutamate dehydrogenase for laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.76
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Rapid detection of sequence variation in Clostridium difficile genes using LATE-PCR with multiple mismatch-tolerant hybridization probes. J Microbiol Methods (2012) 0.75