Published in PLoS One on May 02, 2012
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Evidence of multiple virulence subtypes in nosocomial and community-associated MRSA genotypes in companion animals from the upper midwestern and northeastern United States. Clin Med Res (2010) 1.18
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Genetic variation among Staphylococcus aureus strains from Norwegian bulk milk. Appl Environ Microbiol (2005) 1.14
Recombination between ccrC genes in a type V (5C2&5) staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) of Staphylococcus aureus ST398 leads to conversion from methicillin resistance to methicillin susceptibility in vivo. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.13
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Longitudinal survey of Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis patients using a multiple-locus variable-number of tandem-repeats analysis method. BMC Microbiol (2010) 0.88
Molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from geriatric patients attending a long-term care Spanish hospital. J Med Microbiol (2010) 0.87
High-throughput typing method to identify a non-outbreak-involved Legionella pneumophila strain colonizing the entire water supply system in the town of Rennes, France. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 0.86
Investigation of the population structure of Legionella pneumophila by analysis of tandem repeat copy number and internal sequence variation. Microbiology (2011) 0.84
Novel sequence types (STs) of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing clinical and subclinical mastitis in flocks of sheep in the northeast of Brazil. J Dairy Res (2011) 0.84
Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are natural hosts of specific Staphylococcus aureus lineages. PLoS One (2011) 0.83
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Adapting spa typing for national laboratory-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2011) 0.82
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CRISPRFinder: a web tool to identify clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. Nucleic Acids Res (2007) 15.56
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The Cfr rRNA methyltransferase confers resistance to Phenicols, Lincosamides, Oxazolidinones, Pleuromutilins, and Streptogramin A antibiotics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 3.94
Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for a Brucella MLVA typing assay. BMC Microbiol (2006) 3.75
High resolution, on-line identification of strains from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on tandem repeat typing. BMC Microbiol (2002) 3.61
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Distribution of florfenicol resistance genes fexA and cfr among chloramphenicol-resistant Staphylococcus isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 2.92
A new mechanism for chloramphenicol, florfenicol and clindamycin resistance: methylation of 23S ribosomal RNA at A2503. Mol Microbiol (2005) 2.89
Evaluation of Brucella MLVA typing for human brucellosis. J Microbiol Methods (2007) 2.86
Molecular characterization of Coxiella burnetii isolates by infrequent restriction site-PCR and MLVA typing. BMC Microbiol (2006) 2.59
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Genotyping of Bacillus anthracis strains based on automated capillary 25-loci multiple locus variable-number tandem repeats analysis. BMC Microbiol (2006) 2.22
Identification of polymorphic tandem repeats by direct comparison of genome sequence from different bacterial strains: a web-based resource. BMC Bioinformatics (2004) 2.21
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Emergence of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (CTX-M-9)-producing multiresistant strains of Salmonella enterica serotype Virchow in poultry and humans in France. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.98
CRISPRcompar: a website to compare clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. Nucleic Acids Res (2008) 1.89
Insight into microevolution of Yersinia pestis by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. PLoS One (2008) 1.86
Variant Salmonella genomic island 1 antibiotic resistance gene cluster in Salmonella enterica serovar Albany. Emerg Infect Dis (2003) 1.84
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IS21-558 insertion sequences are involved in the mobility of the multiresistance gene cfr. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2006) 1.74
Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from cases of bovine mastitis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.73
Total pulmonary vein occlusion as a consequence of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation mimicking primary lung disease. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol (2003) 1.71
Genotyping and phylogenetic analysis of Yersinia pestis by MLVA: insights into the worldwide expansion of Central Asia plague foci. PLoS One (2009) 1.65
Identification of the plasmid-borne quinolone resistance gene qnrS in Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.65
Evaluation of the polymorphisms associated with tandem repeats for Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain typing. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.62
Evaluation of a multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis scheme for typing human Brucella isolates in a region of brucellosis endemicity. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.61
MLVA-16 typing of 295 marine mammal Brucella isolates from different animal and geographic origins identifies 7 major groups within Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis. BMC Microbiol (2009) 1.61
Nucleotide sequence and organization of the multiresistance plasmid pSCFS1 from Staphylococcus sciuri. J Antimicrob Chemother (2004) 1.60
Diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in bacteria from Chilean salmon farms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2003) 1.59
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ICEPmu1, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Pasteurella multocida: analysis of the regions that comprise 12 antimicrobial resistance genes. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.54
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Mechanical ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with intermittent positive-pressure ventilation, bilevel ventilation, or chest compression synchronized ventilation in a pig model. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.48
Predicting human minisatellite polymorphism. Genome Res (2003) 1.44
On-line resources for bacterial micro-evolution studies using MLVA or CRISPR typing. Biochimie (2007) 1.43
Prions in milk from ewes incubating natural scrapie. PLoS Pathog (2008) 1.43
fexA, a novel Staphylococcus lentus gene encoding resistance to florfenicol and chloramphenicol. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2004) 1.42
The clonal spread of multidrug-resistant non-typhi Salmonella serotypes. Microbes Infect (2006) 1.41
Identification and characterization of the multidrug resistance gene cfr in a Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive sequence type 8 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus IVa (USA300) isolate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.40
Novel ABC transporter gene, vga(C), located on a multiresistance plasmid from a porcine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.33
Isolation of Brucella microti from mandibular lymph nodes of red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, in lower Austria. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2009) 1.29
Characterization of P40, a cytadhesin of Mycoplasma agalactiae. Infect Immun (2002) 1.28
Editorial: assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria obtained from animals. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.28
Evaluation and selection of tandem repeat loci for Streptococcus pneumoniae MLVA strain typing. BMC Microbiol (2005) 1.27
Isolation of Brucella microti from soil. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 1.26
Evaluation of a multiplex PCR assay as an alternative method for Listeria monocytogenes serotyping. J Microbiol Methods (2009) 1.26
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius among dogs admitted to a small animal hospital. Vet Microbiol (2010) 1.24
Identification of a novel trimethoprim resistance gene, dfrK, in a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 strain and its physical linkage to the tetracycline resistance gene tet(L). Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.24
Physical linkage of Tn3 and part of Tn1721 in a tetracycline and ampicillin resistance plasmid from Salmonella Typhimurium. J Antimicrob Chemother (2005) 1.24
Antimicrobial resistance of coagulase-negative staphylococci from bovine subclinical mastitis with particular reference to macrolide-lincosamide resistance phenotypes and genotypes. J Antimicrob Chemother (2006) 1.24
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Analysis of the three Yersinia pestis CRISPR loci provides new tools for phylogenetic studies and possibly for the investigation of ancient DNA. Adv Exp Med Biol (2007) 1.22
Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398-t571 harbouring the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance gene erm(T) in Belgian hospitals. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.21
Novel plasmid-encoded ceftazidime-hydrolyzing CTX-M-53 extended-spectrum beta-lactamase from Salmonella enterica serotypes Westhampton and Senftenberg. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.20
Genes and mutations conferring antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella: an update. Microbes Infect (2006) 1.20
Florfenicol-chloramphenicol exporter gene fexA is part of the novel transposon Tn558. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.19
Assessment of genetic stability of Brucella melitensis Rev 1 vaccine strain by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Vaccine (2006) 1.19
Comparison of multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis with other PCR-based methods for typing Brucella suis isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.18
Complete sequence of the bla(NDM-1)-carrying plasmid pNDM-AB from Acinetobacter baumannii of food animal origin. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 1.18
Comparative analysis of ESBL-positive Escherichia coli isolates from animals and humans from the UK, The Netherlands and Germany. PLoS One (2013) 1.18
Virulotyping and antimicrobial resistance typing of Salmonella enterica serovars relevant to human health in Europe. Foodborne Pathog Dis (2010) 1.17
First report of the multiresistance gene cfr in Streptococcus suis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.17
Segmental polymorphisms in the proterminal regions of a subset of human chromosomes. Genome Res (2002) 1.15
SPL8, a local regulator in a subset of gibberellin-mediated developmental processes in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol (2006) 1.15
Decreased fluoroquinolone susceptibility in mutants of Salmonella serovars other than Typhimurium: detection of novel mutations involved in modulated expression of ramA and soxS. J Antimicrob Chemother (2009) 1.15
Transferable multiresistance plasmids carrying cfr in Enterococcus spp. from swine and farm environment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2012) 1.15
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First report of the multidrug resistance gene cfr in Enterococcus faecalis of animal origin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2011) 1.14
Dissemination of a pSCFS3-like cfr-carrying plasmid in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates recovered from hospitals in Ohio. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 1.14
Identification and characterization of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from bovine mastitis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.14
IncI1 plasmid carrying extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase gene blaCTX-M-1 in Salmonella enterica isolates from poultry and humans in France, 2003 to 2008. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2010) 1.14
Significance of the identification in the Horn of Africa of an exceptionally deep branching Mycobacterium tuberculosis clade. PLoS One (2012) 1.14