Ji G, Beavis R, Novick RP: Bacterial interference caused by autoinducing peptide variants. Science. 1997, 276: 2027-2030. 10.1126/science.276.5321.2027
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Wright JS, Jin R, Novick RP: Transient interference with staphylococcal quorum sensing blocks abscess formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2005, 102: 1691-1696. 10.1073/pnas.0407661102
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Sakoulas G, Eliopoulos GM, Moellering RC, Novick RP, Venkataraman L, Wennersten C, DeGirolami PC, Schwaber MJ, Gold HS: Staphylococcus aureus accessory gene regulator (agr) group II: is there a relationship to the development of intermediate-level glycopeptide resistance?. J Infect Dis. 2003, 187: 929-938. 10.1086/368128
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Sakoulas G, Eliopoulos GM, Moellering RC, Wennersten C, Venkataraman L, Novick RP, Gold HS: Accessory gene regulator (agr) locus in geographically diverse Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002, 46: 1492-1502. 10.1128/AAC.46.5.1492-1502.2002
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Sakoulas G, Gold HS, Cohen RA, Venkataraman L, Moellering RC, Eliopoulos GM: Effects of prolonged vancomycin administration on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient with recurrent bacteraemia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006, 57: 699-704. 10.1093/jac/dkl030
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Fowler VG, Sakoulas G, McIntyre LM, Meka VG, Arbeit RD, Cabell CH, Stryjewski ME, Eliopoulos GM, Reller LB, Corey GR: Persistent bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is associated with agr dysfunction and low-level in vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein. J Infect Dis. 2004, 190: 1140-1149. 10.1086/423145
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Vandenesch F, Naimi T, Enright MC, Lina G, Nimmo GR, Heffernan H, Liassine N, Bes M, Greenland T, Reverdy ME, Etienne J: Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes: worldwide emergence. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003, 9: 978-984.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Simor AE, Ofner-Agostini M, Bryce E, McGeer A, Paton S, Mulvey MR: Laboratory characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian hospitals: results of 5 years of National Surveillance, 1995-1999. J Infect Dis. 2002, 186: 652-660. 10.1086/342292
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Miller LG, Perdreau-Remington F, Rieg G, Mehdi S, Perlroth J, Bayer AS, Tang AW, Phung TO, Spellberg B: Necrotizing fasciitis caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Los Angeles. N Engl J Med. 2005, 352: 1445-1453. 10.1056/NEJMoa042683
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Shopsin B, Drlica-Wagner A, Mathema B, Adhikari RP, Kreiswirth BN, Novick RP: Prevalence of agr dysfunction among colonizing Staphylococcus aureus strains. J Infect Dis. 2008, 198: 1171-1174. 10.1086/592051
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Tsuji BT, Rybak MJ, Cheung CM, Amjad M, Kaatz GW: Community- and health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a comparison of molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial activities of various agents. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007, 58: 41-47. 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.10.021
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
McDougal LK, Steward CD, Killgore GE, Chaitram JM, McAllister SK, Tenover FC: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the United States: establishing a national database. J Clin Microbiol. 2003, 41: 5113-5120. 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5113-5120.2003
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Tsuji BT, von Eiff C, Kelchlin PA, Forrest A, Smith PF: Attenuated vancomycin bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus hemB mutants expressing the small-colony-variant phenotype. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008, 52: 1533-1537. 10.1128/AAC.01254-07
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Labandeira-Rey M, Couzon F, Boisset S, Brown EL, Bes M, Benito Y, Barbu EM, Vazquez V, Hook M, Etienne J: Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin causes necrotizing pneumonia. Science. 2007, 315: 1130-1133. 10.1126/science.1137165
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Baba T, Takeuchi F, Kuroda M, Yuzawa H, Aoki K, Oguchi A, Nagai Y, Iwama N, Asano K, Naimi T: Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA. Lancet. 2002, 359: 1819-1827. 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08713-5
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Diep BA, Gill SR, Chang RF, Phan TH, Chen JH, Davidson MG, Lin F, Lin J, Carleton HA, Mongodin EF: Complete genome sequence of USA300, an epidemic clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lancet. 2006, 367: 731-739. 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68231-7
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Wang R, Braughton KR, Kretschmer D, Bach TH, Queck SY, Li M, Kennedy AD, Dorward DW, Klebanoff SJ, Peschel A: Identification of novel cytolytic peptides as key virulence determinants for community-associated MRSA. Nat Med. 2007, 13: 1510-1514. 10.1038/nm1656
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Queck SY, Jameson-Lee M, Villaruz AE, Bach TH, Khan BA, Sturdevant DE, Ricklefs SM, Li M, Otto M: RNAIII-independent target gene control by the agr quorum-sensing system: insight into the evolution of virulence regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Cell. 2008, 32: 150-158. 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.08.005
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Millar BC, Prendergast BD, Moore JE: Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA): an emerging pathogen in infective endocarditis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008, 61: 1-7. 10.1093/jac/dkm441
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Hageman JC, Patel J, Franklin P, Miscavish K, McDougal L, Lonsway D, Khan FN: Occurrence of a USA300 vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008, 62: 440-442. 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.005
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar