Recent publications using MLST

The following is a list of recent publications that use or mention MLST. The list is generated automatically and includes references published in the last 90 days.

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List generated: 2013-05-23.

• Gavilan RG, Zamudio ML, Martinez-Urtaza J. Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Variation of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Peru. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013, 7:e2210
• Kreutzfeldt KM, McAdam PR, Claxton P, Holmes A, Seagar AL, Laurenson IF, Fitzgerald JR. Molecular Longitudinal Tracking of Mycobacterium abscessus spp. during Chronic Infection of the Human Lung. PLoS One 2013, 8:e63237
• Cho HH, Kwon KC, Sung JY, Koo SH. Spread and Genetic Characterization of ST137 and ST138 Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolated from a Tertiary Hospital in Korea. Ann Clin Lab Sci 2013, 43:145-50
• Quiñones D, Valverde A, Rodríguez-Baños M, Kobayashi N, Zayaz A, Abreu M, Cantón R, Del Campo R. High Clonal Diversity in a Non-Outbreak Situation of Clinical ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates in the First National Surveillance Program in Cuba. Microb Drug Resist 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Yano H, Uemura M, Endo S, Kanamori H, Inomata S, Kakuta R, Ichimura S, Ogawa M, Shimojima M, Ishibashi N, Aoyagi T, Hatta M, Gu Y, Yamada M, Tokuda K, Kunishima H, Kitagawa M, Hirakata Y, Kaku M. Molecular Characteristics of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Clinical Isolates from Escherichia coli at a Japanese Tertiary Hospital. PLoS One 2013, 8:e64359
• Kim SY, Shin J, Shin SY, Ko KS. Characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates from Korea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Shahada F, Chuma T, Kosugi G, Kusumoto M, Iwata T, Akiba M. Distribution of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance determinants in Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli isolated from broilers in southern Japan. Poult Sci 2013, 92:1641-1649
• Li Y, Piao CG, Tian GZ, Liu ZX, Guo MW, Lin CL, Wang XZ. Multilocus sequences confirm the close genetic relationship of four phytoplasmas of peanut witches-broom group 16SrII-A. J Basic Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Gharsa H, Ben Slama K, Gómez-Sanz E, Lozano C, Klibi N, Jouini A, Messadi L, Boudabous A, Torres C. Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Genes, and Genetic Lineages of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Healthy Dogs in Tunisia. Microb Ecol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Buhnik-Rosenblau K, Matsko-Efimov V, Danin-Poleg Y, Franz CM, Klein G, Kashi Y. Biodiversity of Enterococcus faecalis based on genomic typing. Int J Food Microbiol 2013, 165:27-34
• Choi JM, Woo GJ. Molecular characterization of high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis from chicken meat in Korea. Int J Food Microbiol 2013, 165:1-6
• Fujiwara-Nagata E, Chantry-Darmon C, Bernardet JF, Eguchi M, Duchaud E, Nicolas P. Population structure of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum at whole-country and model river levels in Japan. Vet Res 2013, 44:34
• Muthukrishnan G, Lamers RP, Ellis A, Paramanandam V, Persaud AB, Tafur S, Parkinson CL, Cole AM. Longitudinal genetic analyses of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage dynamics in a diverse population. BMC Infect Dis 2013, 13:221
• Dobiasova H, Dolejska M, Jamborova I, Brhelova E, Blazkova L, Papousek I, Kozlova M, Klimes J, Cizek A, Literak I. Extended spectrum beta-lactamase and fluoroquinolone resistance genes and plasmids among Escherichia coli isolates from zoo animals, Czech Republic. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Danzeisen JL, Wannemuehler Y, Nolan LK, Johnson TJ. Comparison of multilocus sequence analysis and virulence genotyping of Escherichia coli from live birds, retail poultry meat, and human extraintestinal infection. Avian Dis 2013, 57:104-8
• Jeong BH, Song JU, Kim W, Han SG, Ko Y, Song J, Chang B, Hong G, Kim SY, Choi GE, Shin SJ, Koh WJ. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease Caused by Mycobacterium lentiflavum in a Patient with Bronchiectasis. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 2013, 74:187-90
• Jiang J, Maina AN, Knobel DL, Cleaveland S, Laudisoit A, Wamburu K, Ogola E, Parola P, Breiman RF, Njenga MK, Richards AL. Molecular detection of Rickettsia felis and Candidatus Rickettsia Asemboensis in Fleas from Human Habitats, Asembo, Kenya. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Loncaric I, Kübber-Heiss A, Posautz A, Stalder GL, Hoffmann D, Rosengarten R, Walzer C. Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp. carrying the mecC gene, isolated from wildlife. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Lai J, Wang Y, Shen J, Li R, Han J, Foley SL, Wu C. Unique Class 1 Integron and Multiple Resistance Genes Co-located on IncHI2 Plasmid Is Associated with the Emerging Multidrug Resistance of Salmonella Indiana Isolated from Chicken in China. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Shepheard MA, Fleming VM, Connor TR, Corander J, Feil EJ, Fraser C, Hanage WP. Historical Zoonoses and Other Changes in Host Tropism of Staphylococcus aureus, Identified by Phylogenetic Analysis of a Population Dataset. PLoS One 2013, 8:e62369
• Getachew Y, Hassan L, Zakaria Z, Aziz SA. Genetic variability of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolated from humans, chickens and pigs in Malaysia. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Kawabata H, Takano A, Kadosaka T, Fujita H, Nitta Y, Gokuden M, Honda T, Tomida J, Kawamura Y, Masuzawa T, Ishiguro F, Takada N, Yano Y, Andoh M, Ando S, Sato K, Takahashi H, Ohnishi M. Multilocus Sequence Typing and DNA Similarity Analysis Implicate Borrelia valaisiana-Related sp. Isolated in Japan Is Distinguishable from European B. valaisiana. J Vet Med Sci 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• McVay JD, Carstens B. Testing Monophyly without Well-Supported Gene Trees: Evidence From Multi-Locus Nuclear Data Conflict with Existing Taxonomy in the Snake Tribe Thamnophiini. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Watanabe T, Nozawa T, Aikawa C, Amano A, Maruyama F, Nakagawa I. CRISPR regulation of intraspecies diversification by limiting IS transposition and intercellular recombination. Genome Biol Evol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Bardiau M, Yamazaki K, Duprez JN, Taminiau B, Mainil JG, Ote I. Genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from milk of bovine mastitis. Lett Appl Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Rimbara E, Mori S, Kim H, Matsui M, Suzuki S, Takahashi S, Yamamoto S, Mukai M, Shibayama K. Helicobacter cinaedi and H. fennelliae transmission in a hospital from 2008 to 2012. J Clin Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Chen SL, Wu M, Henderson JP, Hooton TM, Hibbing ME, Hultgren SJ, Gordon JI. Genomic Diversity and Fitness of E. coli Strains Recovered from the Intestinal and Urinary Tracts of Women with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection. Sci Transl Med 2013, 5:184ra60
• Gilarranz R, Juan C, Castillo-Vera J, Chamizo FJ, Artiles F, Alamo I, Oliver A. First detection in Europe of the metallo-β-lactamase IMP-15 in clinical strains of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clin Microbiol Infect 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Pulcrano G, Iula DV, de Luca C, Roscetto E, Vollaro A, Rossano F, Catania MR. Clonal dissemination of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST512 carrying blaKPC-3 in a hospital in southern Italy. APMIS 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Benito D, Lozano C, Gómez-Sanz E, Zarazaga M, Torres C. Detection of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ST398 and ST133 Strains in Gut Microbiota of Healthy Humans in Spain. Microb Ecol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Turabelidze G, Gee JE, Hoffmaster AR, Manian F, Butler C, Byrd D, Schildknecht S, Hauser LC, Duncan M, Ferrett R, Evans D, Talley C. Contaminated Ventilator Air Flow Sensor Linked to Bacillus cereus Colonization of Newborns. Emerg Infect Dis 2013, 19:781-3
• Tsang RS, Shuel M, Wylie J, Lefebvre B, Hoang L, Law DK. Population genetics of Haemophilus influenzae serotype a in three Canadian provinces. Can J Microbiol 2013, 59:362-4
• Zhang CY, Lu XJ, Du XQ, Jian J, Shu L, Ma Y. Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of chinese leishmania isolates based on multilocus sequence typing. PLoS One 2013, 8:e63124
• Song X, Sun J, Mikalsen T, Roberts AP, Sundsfjord A. Characterisation of the Plasmidome within Enterococcus faecalis Isolated from Marginal Periodontitis Patients in Norway. PLoS One 2013, 8:e62248
• Adimpong DB, Nielsen DS, Sørensen KI, Vogensen FK, Sawadogo-Lingani H, Derkx PM, Jespersen L. Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. jakobsenii subsp. nov., isolated from dolo wort; an alcoholic fermented beverage in Burkina Faso. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Müller A, Stephan R, Fricker-Feer C, Lehner A. Genetic Diversity of Cronobacter sakazakii Isolates Collected from a Swiss Infant Formula Production Facility. J Food Prot 2013, 76:883-7
• Degefu T, Wolde-Meskel E, Frostegård A. Phylogenetic diversity of Rhizobium strains nodulating diverse legume species growing in Ethiopia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Poulsen HO, Johansson A, Granholm S, Kahlmeter G, Sundqvist M. High genetic diversity of nitrofurantoin- or mecillinam-resistant Escherichia coli indicates low propensity for clonal spread. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Schneeberg A, Neubauer H, Schmoock G, Grossmann E, Seyboldt C. Presence of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype clusters related to 033, 078 and 045 in diarrhoeic calves in Germany. J Med Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Huang J, Ye M, Ding H, Guo Q, Ding B, Wang M. Prevalence of fusB in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates. J Med Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Wang X, Chen T, Yu R, Lü X, Zong Z. Acinetobacter pittii and Acinetobacter nosocomialis among clinical isolates of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex in Sichuan, China. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Buyukcangaz E, Velasco V, Sherwood JS, Stepan RM, Koslofsky RJ, Logue CM. Molecular Typing of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Animals and Retail Meat in North Dakota, United States. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Hudson LO, Murphy CR, Spratt BG, Enright MC, Elkins K, Nguyen C, Terpstra L, Gombosev A, Kim D, Hannah P, Mikhail L, Alexander R, Moore DF, Huang SS. Diversity of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Strains Isolated from Inpatients of 30 Hospitals in Orange County, California. PLoS One 2013, 8:e62117
• Udo EE, Al-Sweih N. Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Maternity Hospital, Kuwait. Med Princ Pract 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• O Sullivan MV, Sintchenko V, Gilbert GL. Software for selecting the most informative sets of genomic loci for multi-target microbial typing. BMC Bioinformatics 2013, 14:148
• Bartels MD, Boye K, Oliveira DC, Worning P, Goering R, Westh H. Associations between dru Types and SCCmec Cassettes. PLoS One 2013, 8:e61860
• Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter S, Coutinho T, De Vos P. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): Proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Williams JS, Niedzwiecki JH, Weisrock DW. Species tree reconstruction of a poorly resolved clade of salamanders (Ambystomatidae) using multiple nuclear loci. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Mino S, Makita H, Toki T, Miyazaki J, Kato S, Watanabe H, Imachi H, Watsuji TO, Nunoura T, Kojima S, Sawabe T, Takai K, Nakagawa S. Biogeography of Persephonella in deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Western Pacific. Front Microbiol 2013, 4:107
• Ferrieri P, Lynfield R, Creti R, Flores AE. Serotype IV and Invasive Group B Streptococcus Disease in Neonates, Minnesota, USA, 2000-2010(1.). Emerg Infect Dis 2013, 19:551-8
• Walters SP, Gonzalez-Escalona N, Son I, Melka DC, Sassoubre LM, Boehm AB. Salmonella enterica diversity in central Californian coastal waterways. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Rodriguero MS, Lanteri AA, Confalonieri VA. Speciation in the asexual realm: is the parthenogenetic weevil Naupactus cervinus a complex of species in statu nascendi? Mol Phylogenet Evol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Portillo BC, Moreno JE, Yomayusa N, Alvarez CA, Cardozo BE, Pérez JA, Díaz PL, Ibañez M, Mendez-Alvarez S, Leal AL, Gómez NV. Molecular epidemiology and characterization of virulence genes of community-acquired and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Colombia. Int J Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Griffin MJ, Quiniou SM, Cody T, Tabuchi M, Ware C, Cipriano RC, Mauel MJ, Soto E. Comparative analysis of Edwardsiella isolates from fish in the eastern United States identifies two distinct genetic taxa amongst organisms phenotypically classified as E. tarda. Vet Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Lee S, Kim SH, Park M, Bae S. High prevalence of multiresistance in levofloxacin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Korea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Habeeb MA, Haque A, Nematzadeh S, Iversen A, Giske CG. High prevalence of 16S rRNA methylase RmtB among CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from Islamabad, Pakistan. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Hambäck PA, Weingartner E, Ericson L, Fors L, Cassel-Lundhagen A, Stenberg JA, Bergsten J. Bayesian species delimitation reveals generalist and specialist parasitic wasps on Galerucella beetles (Chrysomelidae): sorting by herbivore or plant host. BMC Evol Biol 2013, 13:92
• Nethercott C, Mabbett AN, Totsika M, Peters P, Ortiz JC, Nimmo GR, Coombs GW, Walker MJ, Schembri MA. Molecular characterization of endocarditis-associated Staphylococcus aureus. J Clin Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Pesapane R, Ponder M, Alexander KA. Tracking Pathogen Transmission at the Human-Wildlife Interface: Banded Mongoose and Escherichia coli. Ecohealth 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Zhang J, Zhou HJ, Xu L, Hu GC, Zhang XH, Xu SP, Liu ZY, Shao ZJ. Molecular Characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis Isolated during an Outbreak in a Jail: Association with the Spread and Distribution of ST-4821 Complex Serogroup C Clone in China. Biomed Environ Sci 2013, 26:331-7
• Ranganathan SC, Skoric B, Ramsay KA, Carzino R, Gibson AM, Hart E, Harrison J, Bell SC, Kidd TJ. Geographical Differences in First Acquisition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2013, 10:108-14
• Bardiau M, Yamazaki K, Ote I, Misawa N, Mainil JG. Characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from dogs and cats. Microbiol Immunol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Tavares A, Miragaia M, Rolo J, Coelho C, de Lencastre H. High prevalence of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community in Portugal: evidence for the blurring of community-hospital boundaries. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Mukhacheva TA, Kovalev SY. Multilocus sequence analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Russia. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Wang JT, Wu HS, Weng CM, Hsu LY, Wang FD. Prognosis of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection treated with teicoplanin: a retrospective cohort study investigating effect of teicoplanin minimum inhibitory concentrations. BMC Infect Dis 2013, 13:182
• Vatcheva-Dobrevska R, Mulet X, Ivanov I, Zamorano L, Dobreva E, Velinov T, Kantardjiev T, Oliver A. Molecular Epidemiology and Multidrug Resistance Mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Bulgarian Hospitals. Microb Drug Resist 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Schink AK, Kadlec K, Kaspar H, Mankertz J, Schwarz S. Analysis of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolates collected in the GERM-Vet monitoring programme. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Chancerel E, Lamy JB, Lesur I, Noirot C, Klopp C, Ehrenmann F, Boury C, Provost GL, Label P, Lalanne C, Léger V, Salin F, Gion JM, Plomion C. High-density linkage mapping in a pine tree reveals a genomic region associated with inbreeding depression and provides clues to the extent and distribution of meiotic recombination. BMC Biol 2013, 11:50
• Rasmussen CD, Haugaard MM, Petersen MR, Nielsen JM, Pedersen HG, Bojesen AM. Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolates from equine infectious endometritis belong to a distinct genetic group. Vet Res 2013, 44:26
• Ma X, Yao KH, Xie GL, Zheng YJ, Wang CQ, Shang YX, Wang HY, Wan LY, Liu L, Li CC, Ji W, Xu XW, Wang YT, Xu PR, Yu SJ, Yang YH. Characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive diseases in Chinese children. Chin Med J (Engl) 2013, 126:1522-1527
• Qin X, Hu F, Wu S, Ye X, Zhu D, Zhang Y, Wang M. Comparison of Adhesin Genes and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities between Uropathogenic and Intestinal Commensal Escherichia coli Strains. PLoS One 2013, 8:e61169
• Moschioni M, Lo Sapio M, Crisafulli G, Torricelli G, Guidotti S, Muzzi A, Barocchi MA, Donati C. Sequence Analysis of 96 Genomic Regions Identifies Distinct Evolutionary Lineages within CC156, the Largest Streptococcus pneumoniae Clonal Complex in the MLST Database. PLoS One 2013, 8:e61003
• van der Linden M, Winkel N, Küntzel S, Farkas A, Perniciaro SR, Reinert RR, Imöhl M. Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serogroup 6 Isolates from IPD in Children and Adults in Germany. PLoS One 2013, 8:e60848
• Espadinha D, Faria NA, Miragaia M, Lito LM, Melo-Cristino J, de Lencastre H. Extensive Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) between the Hospital and the Community in a Country with a High Prevalence of Nosocomial MRSA. PLoS One 2013, 8:e59960
• Rynga D, Shariff M, Deb M. Multi-locus sequence types of Acinetobacter baumanii clinical isolates from India. J Infect Dev Ctries 2013, 7:358-360
• Yoon EJ, Courvalin P, Grillot-Courvalin C. RND-type efflux pumps in multidrug resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii : major role of AdeABC overexpression and AdeRS mutations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Rushton L, Sass A, Baldwin A, Dowson CG, Donoghue D, Mahenthiralingam E. A key role for efflux in the preservative susceptibility and adaptive resistance of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Chan YC, Roos C, Inoue-Murayama M, Inoue E, Shih CC, Pei KJ, Vigilant L. Inferring the evolutionary histories of divergences in Hylobates and Nomascus gibbons through multilocus sequence data. BMC Evol Biol 2013, 13:82
• Kittl S, Korczak BM, Niederer L, Baumgartner A, Buettner S, Overesch G, Kuhnert P. Comparison of genotypes and antibiotic resistances of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on chicken retail meat and at slaughter. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Hidalgo L, Hopkins KL, Gutierrez B, Ovejero CM, Shukla S, Douthwaite S, Prasad KN, Woodford N, Gonzalez-Zorn B. Association of the novel aminoglycoside resistance determinant RmtF with NDM carbapenemase in Enterobacteriaceae isolated in India and the UK. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Sueke H, Shankar J, Neal T, Winstanley C, Tuft S, Coates R, Horsburgh MJ, Kaye S. lukSF-PV in Staphylococcus aureus keratitis isolates and association with clinical outcome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Ferreira CM, Naveca FG, Ferreira WA, Oliveira CM, Barbosa Md. Novel methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus clone isolated from patients with haematological diseases at the Blood Bank Centre of Amazon, Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2013, 108:233-8
• Flot JF, Dahl M, André C. Lophelia pertusa corals from the Ionian and Barents seas share identical nuclear ITS2 and near-identical mitochondrial genome sequences. BMC Res Notes 2013, 6:144
• Chenal-Francisque V, Diancourt L, Cantinelli T, Passet V, Tran-Hykes C, Bracq-Dieye H, Leclercq A, Pourcel C, Lecuit M, Brisse S. An optimized MLVA assay and its complementarity with PFGE and MLST for Listeria monocytogenes clone identification and surveillance. J Clin Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Viswanath P, Murugesan L, Knabel SJ, Verghese B, Chikthimmah N, Laborde LF. Incidence of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. in a Small-Scale Mushroom Production Facility. J Food Prot 2013, 76:608-15
• Mendes RE, Deshpande LM, Bonilla HF, Schwarz S, Huband MD, Jones RN, Quinn JP. 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, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Gelatti LC, Bonamigo RR, Inoue FM, Carmo MS, Becker AP, Castrucci FM, Pignatari AC, D Azevedo PA. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV in southern Brazil. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2013, 46:34-8
• Kim Y. Stochastic patterns of polymorphism after a selective sweep over a subdivided population. Genet Res (Camb) 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:1-11
• Zhao GH, Ren WX, Gao M, Bian QQ, Hu B, Cong MM, Lin Q, Wang RJ, Qi M, Qi MZ, Zhu XQ, Zhang LX. Genotyping Cryptosporidium andersoni in Cattle in Shaanxi Province, Northwestern China. PLoS One 2013, 8:e60112
• Sadowy E, Sieńko A, Gawryszewska I, Bojarska A, Malinowska K, Hryniewicz W. High abundance and diversity of antimicrobial resistance determinants among early vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Poland. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Martin K, Baddal B, Mustafa N, Perry C, Underwood A, Constantidou C, Loman N, Kenna DT, Turton JF. Clusters of genetically similar isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from multiple hospitals in the United Kingdom. J Med Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Göttig S, Hamprecht AG, Christ S, Kempf VA, Wichelhaus TA. Detection of NDM-7 in Germany, a new variant of the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase with increased carbapenemase activity. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Milan O, Debroize L, Bertrand X, Plesiat P, Valentin AS, Quentin R, Van der Mee-Marquet N. Difficult-to-detect carbapenem-resistant IMP13-producing P. aeruginosa: experience feedback concerning a cluster of urinary tract infections at a surgical clinic in France. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2013, 2:12
• Lee SC, Wu MS, Shih HJ, Huang SH, Chiou MJ, See LC, Siu LK. Identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci clones and inter-hospital spread during an outbreak in Taiwan. BMC Infect Dis 2013, 13:163
• Freitas AR, Novais C, Tedim AP, Francia MV, Baquero F, Peixe L, Coque TM. Microevolutionary events involving narrow host plasmids influences local fixation of vancomycin-resistance in enterococcus populations. PLoS One 2013, 8:e60589
• Stone D, Davis M, Baker K, Besser T, Roopnarine R, Sharma R. MLST Genotypes and Antibiotic Resistance of Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Poultry in Grenada. Biomed Res Int 2013, 2013:794643
• Kim SY, Shin SJ, Lee NY, Koh WJ. First Case of Pulmonary Disease Caused by a Strain of Mycobacterium avium Complex of Presumed Veterinary Origin in an Adult Human Patient. J Clin Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Ranieri ML, Shi C, Moreno Switt AI, den Bakker HC, Wiedmann M. Salmonella serovar prediction: Comparison of typing methods with a new procedure based on sequence characterization. J Clin Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Plano LR, Shibata T, Garza AC, Kish J, Fleisher JM, Sinigalliano CD, Gidley ML, Withum K, Elmir SM, Hower S, Jackson CR, Barrett JB, Cleary T, Davidson M, Davis J, Mukherjee S, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM. Human-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a Subtropical Recreational Marine Beach. Microb Ecol 2013, 65:1039-51
• Loncaric I, Künzel F. Sequence type 398 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a pet rabbit. Vet Dermatol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Ohnishi M, Okatani AT, Esaki H, Harada K, Sawada T, Murakami M, Marumo K, Kato Y, Sato R, Shimura K, Hatanaka N, Takahashi T. Herd prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae producing CTX-M-type and CMY-2 β-lactamases among Japanese dairy farms. J Appl Microbiol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• McDonald MC, Oliver RP, Friesen TL, Brunner PC, McDonald BA. Global diversity and distribution of three necrotrophic effectors in Phaeosphaeria nodorum and related species. New Phytol 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Ormerod KL, Morrow CA, Chow EW, Lee IR, Arras SD, Schirra HJ, Cox GM, Fries BC, Fraser JA. Comparative Genomics of Serial Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans Reveals Gene Associated with Carbon Utilization and Virulence. G3 (Bethesda) 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Cerca N, Gomes F, Bento JC, França A, Rolo J, Miragaia M, Teixeira P, Oliveira R. Farnesol induces cell detachment from established S. epidermidis biofilms. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
• Jiang Q, Shi L, Ke C, You W, Zhao J. Identification and characterization of Vibrio harveyi associated with diseased abalone Haliotis diversicolor. Dis Aquat Organ 2013, 103:133-9
• Turchi B, Van Tassell ML, Lee A, Nuvoloni R, Cerri D, Miller MJ. Short communication: Phenotypic and genetic diversity of wild Lactococcus lactis isolated from traditional Pecorino cheeses of Tuscany. J Dairy Sci 2013, [Epub ahead of print]:
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