Staphylococcal Infections

Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Genetic Mimetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as Verification Standards for Molecular Diagnostics
Edith Erika Machowski, Bavesh Davandra Kana
Letter to the Editor
Comparison of Automated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Systems To Detect mecC-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Camille Kolenda, Céline Dupieux, Jean-Winoc Decousser, Anders Rhod Larsen, Bruno Pichon, Mark Holmes, Michèle Bès, Christopher Teale, Elizabeth Dickson, Robert Hill, Robert Skov, Angela Kearns, Frédéric Laurent
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The Brief Case
The Brief Case: Bacteremia and Vertebral Osteomyelitis Due to Staphylococcus schleiferi
Melanie L. Yarbrough, Yasir Hamad, Carey-Ann D. Burnham, Ige A. George
Minireview
Is Staphylococcus lugdunensis Significant in Clinical Samples?
Xavier Argemi, Yves Hansmann, Philippe Riegel, Gilles Prévost
Bacteriology
Accurate Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Mixtures by Use of Single-Bacterium Duplex Droplet Digital PCR
Jun Luo, Junhua Li, Hang Yang, Junping Yu, Hongping Wei
Epidemiology
Comparative Genomics Study of Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates from Orthopedic-Device-Related Infections Correlated with Patient Outcome
Virginia Post, Llinos G. Harris, Mario Morgenstern, Leonardos Mageiros, Matthew D. Hitchings, Guillaume Méric, Ben Pascoe, Samuel K. Sheppard, R. Geoff Richards, T. Fintan Moriarty
Epidemiology
Next-Generation Sequence Analysis Reveals Transfer of Methicillin Resistance to a Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strain That Subsequently Caused a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak: a Descriptive Study
Veronica Weterings, Thijs Bosch, Sandra Witteveen, Fabian Landman, Leo Schouls, Jan Kluytmans
Open Access

Letter to the Editor
Evaluation of the BD Max StaphSR Assay for Detecting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) in ESwab-Collected Wound Samples
Suzane Silbert, Alicia Gostnell, Carly Kubasek, Raymond Widen
Epidemiology
Population Dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus in Cystic Fibrosis Patients To Determine Transmission Events by Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing
Andrea Ankrum, Barry G. Hall
Open Access

Bacteriology
Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals the Contribution of Long-Term Carriers in Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak Investigation
N. C. Gordon, B. Pichon, T. Golubchik, D. J. Wilson, J. Paul, D. S. Blanc, K. Cole, J. Collins, N. Cortes, M. Cubbon, F. K. Gould, P. J. Jenks, M. Llewelyn, J. Q. Nash, J. M. Orendi, K. Paranthaman, J. R. Price, L. Senn, H. L. Thomas, S. Wyllie, D. W. Crook, T. E. A. Peto, A. S. Walker, A. M. Kearns

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